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Can We Solve Today’s Problems If We Choose to Ignore Our History?
I don’t need another reminder of why I need to be angry right now
Race is a topic I am not at ease talking about, but sometimes as a writer, you observe and experience things that push you to write.
I was in a group discussion recently with some acquaintances. The discussion was about storytelling and how we can make the world a better place through storytelling. Meaning any form of storytelling from movies, books, articles, poems, photography, etc.
We were all on the same page until someone brought up the movie “12 Years a Slave”, and why it is important for all persons of color to watch it together with their children and loved ones.
Her reasons were; it is important for our children to know how cruel the world can be so that they are better equipped to deal with anything that life might throw at them.
I told them; I hadn’t watched the movie, and I wasn’t intending to. This was not received well. They felt that I am not supporting people who look like me.
I have nothing against the movie itself, or any other movies about racism. I just do not watch any movies that show how mankind has been cruel to other mankind because of differences in skin color, religion…
