Randomnation

“If you’re wondering why people of color don’t want to hold your hand through this process, teach you, understand you, cater to your feelings when it is people of color being beaten, misunderstood and whose feelings are treated indifferently. Stop wondering why because I’m going to tell you why

:It’s not about you.

Or your feelings.

A woman died Saturday during a Neo-Nazi, Neo-Confederate, Ku Klux Klan-filled racist protest. In 2017. Dozens of others were injured. Two others also died in a police helicopter crash, working the racist protest. These racists have assembled to threaten us, to silence us, to hurt us and anyone else who defends our right to be human. If the biggest conclusion you drew from black people online being upset at violent, deadly racism was that they didn’t point out that some white people aren’t bad, that most white people are good, that you didn’t own slaves, that some of your best friends are black, that you just want to understand so why won’t these black people explain our history of oppression at the hands of white people to you, you are not helping. You are part of the problem.”

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“There is never any end… There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we’ve discovered in its pure state.”

–John Coltrane, who was considered one of the most gifted jazz musicians.

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of his passing. In honor of John Coltrane’s legacy in music here is a playlist featuring a collection of his best hits.

Three of Our-History (and Africana Studies) Founding Fathers…