Now that I've made it back to the real world, a quick note about the last week of life, my Kanye West #Nebuchadnezzar experience:
Anyone who knows me well would know that if there were ever a dream gig for me it would mean the concept of opera and Kanye West crossing paths (1)
A century after the Harlem Renaissance, the neighborhood as we once knew it is dying a strange but predictable death. @tribecalledlex_ looks at its history and what happens as whiteness erases it:
https://t.co/D7M4k9fNIQ
This was 65 years ago. The average Senator is 64 years old. The median age of governors is 66.
This is who raised, educated & led the generation of white people currently in power
The funny thing is, these all-white middle class communities were built with government handouts
I just overheard a 32 year old guy in a diner who is about to inherit a 3000 acre farm in Missouri from his grandmother. His dilemma: Amazon wants to buy it for $55 million but his grandfather hated Amazon and would roll in his grave.
My Uber driver just moved here from Afghanistan and said he's heard of Beyoncé but never heard her music. He looked her up and started with Crazy In Love and keeps saying "Wow...wow! Wow!"
He's gonna tell his wife about her when he goes home.
My work here is done.