Magnificent Music

Magnificent Music

There is a lot to be learned from Black Music if we listen. This is simply a list of some of my current personal favorites. Click on the links and the videos to watch/listen and find out more about these talented artists!

Toulouse - Magnificent

                                          

Zubi, anatu - Sugar

video - Only One

                                            

Terry Blade

                                            

ifʎʎello - wrong

video - Nicer Than You

                                            

Black Lives are Precious

Black Lives more than matter they are priceless and it is more than time to acknowledge this.  Where do we go from here? What does it mean? Being a part of Black Lives Matters means 

we’ve committed to struggling together and to imagining and creating a world free of anti-Blackness, where every Black person has the social, economic, and political power to thrive.  

White people and all people around the world have to be a part of this.  It is not about who we exclude, but about who we include. If we refuse to be a part of the solution then we will remain a part of the problem.  I know you've heard it before, it sounds cliched, but I'm going to say it again, just in case you haven't... silence IS violence. Love steps up and says something, it speaks for those whose voices are not being heard for whatever reason. Maybe listening is the best thing we can do right now.

    I previously thought in my younger years that racism would 'die out' as the older generations passed away. I now see that is definitely not the case. There is a younger generation saturated by learned racism that is just as strong, if not more so. The internet has been a breeding ground for people of like minds to multiply their racism exponentially.  My husband and I have both had grandparents who shunned black members of our family, they refused to be a part of their black grandchildrens' lives. It makes me so sad to think about all they missed out on. We are all flesh and blood, we are all the same and we all want the same things (i.e. Maslow's hierarchy of needs).

I've tried to make sense of hate, but that is just the thing, hate doesn't make sense. You can't be in your right mind and hate someone else. It is literally insane. Until Black Lives Matter all lives cannot.