Nobody’s doing it like Bruno Mars he can go from doo-wop to funk, soul, R&B, ballads, pop, rock,reggae, rap/hip-hop, K-pop, disco, Brazilian funk, synth-funk, and now bolero inspired. He’s in his own league, and people still have the nerve to call him mid
It’s #BlackHistoryMonth and I have to ask:
Are people including enslaved Africans, descendants of those enslaved, and Black people whose unjust, low-wage labor sustained the economy in the 1800s/1900s as immigrants when they say “immigrants built this country”?
Because chattel slavery was for the express purpose of building empire.
But our ancestors weren’t folks who came here seeking a better life.
They arrived in chains, were bred like cattle, and severely violated, sexually and otherwise. Their trauma shouldn’t be diminished or forgotten, even in efforts toward freedom from ICE’s inhumane, violent tactics.
We can only get to justice for all when truth is taught, embraced, and spoken.