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Do You Feel Scared Being Who You Are In Today’s Time?- Part 3
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Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror
Michael Jackson’s song ‘Man in the Mirror’ from his 1987 album ‘Bad’ talks about needing to change yourself in order to create change within the world. The lyric, “if you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make a change” tells people to stop placing blame on others when trying to solve world issues. Since we all live in the world, we must all take responsibility for all the crises that are occurring.
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Do You Feel Scared Being Who You Are In Today's Time? (pt.2)
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Lady Gaga - Angel Down
Gaga’s song ‘Angel Down’ from her latest album discusses the importance of getting involved, showing how useless it is to just stand around. The verse “Shots were fired on the street by the church where we used to meet. Angel down, Angel down, Why do people just stand around?” is a visual description on how we are being attacked and how people are being submissive to what is happening in our society. Although we shouldn’t act out of emotion, we cannot avoid reacting to the situation at hand.
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Gwen Stefani feat. André 3000 - Long Way To Go
In collaboration with Outkast’s André 3000, Gwen Stefani discusses how ridiculous it is that interracial relationships is considered something taboo. The lyric “I wonder what they’d say if we were blind...” perfectly sums up Stefani’s and André’s views. The way interracial relationships are seen doesn’t matter to someone who literally cannot see color. By making this point, Stefani and André successfully point out one of many absurdities with the stigma of interracial relationships.
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Do You Feel Scared Being Who You Are In Today's Time?
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RuPaul - My Love Sees No Color
RuPaul’s 2004 song ‘My Love Sees No Color’ discusses his view points on interracial relationships. Being a part of a 19-year interracial relationship himself with his Australian partner George, RuPaul states in this song, “Black or white, tonight is right, forget about whatever you’ve been told.” In this lyric, he is very obviously acknowledging that people were raised to believe that they were meant to stick to their own race when it came to relationships. Akin to typical RuPaul fashion, he says that he refuses to abide by the social rules and proudly states “My love sees no color”.
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Katy Perry - Chained To The Rhythm
Katy Perry’s latest single discusses how, as a country, we are being abused and controlled by the entertainment industry. During the political turmoil that is happening, we choose to completely ignore what is happening by turning towards the entertainment that is being given toward us. This song is specifically aimed at those in the entertainment industry that choose not to speak up about what is happening, blinding their fan base.
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Love - Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey’s latest song ‘Love’ discusses the high anxiety that is being felt amongst the youth of America due to the intense political climate. Lana’s lyric “seen so much, you could get the blues, but that don’t mean that you should abuse it” is telling the youth that although things are being heated, the stress should overwhelm them. This message is especially important today when action is being taken irrationality because people let themselves act out of emotion rather than out of knowledge. Acting out of emotion is the danger and downfall of our political movement.
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From past to present. These are only a few of many stories.
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Gabriel Ramirez - "On Realizing I Am Black" (NPS 2015)
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Viola Davis
Born in South Carolina, Viola Davis grew up in Rhode Island, where she began acting—first in high school, and then at Rhode Island College. After attending the Juilliard School of Performing Arts, Davis soon made her Broadway debut in 1996. She won her first Tony Award in 2001, and was nominated for an Oscar in 2008 for Doubt. In 2011, Davis starred in the hit dramatic film The Help. She has also appeared in Ender's Game (2013) and Get on Up (2014). In 2014, Davis returned to television in the mystery series How to Get Away with Murder, and the following year became the first African-American woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on the show. She received another Oscar nomination for her role in the film adaptation of Fences, starring and directed by Denzel Washington.
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Malcolm X
Born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm X was a prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and '60s. Due largely to his efforts, the Nation of Islam grew from a mere 400 members at the time he was released from prison in 1952 to 40,000 members by 1960. Articulate, passionate and a naturally gifted and inspirational orator, Malcolm X exhorted blacks to cast off the shackles of racism "by any means necessary," including violence. The fiery civil rights leader broke with the group shortly before his assassination on February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, where he had been preparing to deliver a speech.
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PETER PHAROAH
Contemporary fine artist living in Wilderness, South Africa
Welcome to An African Canvas, if you're looking for Contemporary South African Art with a difference, an evocative glimpse of the lost tribes of Africa or superbly executed oil paintings featuring African subjects, then look no further...
An African Canvas provides a comprehensive look at Peter Pharoah's contemporary oil paintings featuring bold abstracts, traditional African art forms, tribal and ethnic African art, the African bushveld and wildlife.
Peter Pharoah is an accomplished artist with an intense passion for Africa and his subject, textures and bold use of colour evoke a strong feeling of Africa and its dying tribal heritage - a collection of contemporary artworks that represent an exceptional tribute to the skills which are all but extinct in modern African society.
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COREY BARKSDALE is inspired by music in his pieces.
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Blackbird - The Beatles
Written by Paul McCartney, Blackbird is a song written as a metaphor for the racial tensions that were occurring in the late 60′s. McCartney has often stated that the blackbird was supposed to represent the African American community in their struggle to achieve rights in America. The lyrics, “...take your broken wings and learn to fly...” was meant as words of encouragement in order to support the movement.
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Hound Dog - Who Done It?
Hound Dog was a song made famous by Elvis Presley and is often credited to his making... but was it really? Elvis Presley’s version of Hound Dog is actually a cover of black singer Big Mama Thorton. Although not initially seen as a problem, when looking into the history of rock, there is an evident erasing of race and roots in rock. Although Elvis is often seen as the creator and king of rock and roll, Elvis was just redoing what was already being done in the African American community. Black musician Robert Johnson was the actual creator of rock and roll, even though he is rarely credited for this achievement.
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