The A & E documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of the album Graceland is a story about an important chapter in the history of race as well as the power of art. My husband and I both remember the first time we heard the music of Graceland, around 1987 although we didn’t know each other at the time. I still listen to the album a couple of times a year.
I visited the extraordinarily lovely Capetown, South Africa in 1984 and don’t remember seeing many black people. Paul Simon was in South Africa a year later creating the album. The documentary showed footage from then of the very harsh life of oppression that South African blacks lived.
We all need to know and understand history.
I’m excited about becoming a Dialogue on Race facilitator. The dialogue is a structured facilitated honest dialogue in a safe environment that uses scholarly articles as a foundation. It happens in a small group.
Imagine black and white people talking about race together.
As always, I love to hear what you think.