Today I had a very thought provoking talk with this artist. You may know her, you may not, but she's a name in the halls of fashion. She told me "There will always be bigots out there." I didn't say anything I can remember, but ironically my mother (who bears the same name as this artist,) used to play a song by Miriam Makeba "A Luta Continua." When I was young, there was no Internet, so I couldn't Google the meaning or the words, but when this song popped into my head earlier tonight, I realised this: There will always be bigots out there." A Luta Continua. (The Struggle Continues)
I played that song for my mom tonight, and her response was this "Oh, those were the days I I only played African music. I tried to instill a sense of culture in you." Silently she instilled something else, something I learned from the spirit in the music. The spirit of a dignified fighter. One that has lain dormant far too long.
A Luta Continua. The time is NOW.
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