On this day, I leave it to the late James Baldwin to say it best:
With that right, so I shall, for I love her so.
That now said, here's what should be our national anthem, by a man who sang it as if he'd written it.
Happy (Declaration of) Independence Day.
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
With that right, so I shall, for I love her so.
That now said, here's what should be our national anthem, by a man who sang it as if he'd written it.
Happy (Declaration of) Independence Day.
2 Comments:
love james baldwin, love the quote.
we have been the most forgiving--the version that ray charles croons is one of beauty and of pain.
It really is as if he's struggling with it - both with the staggering beauty of what he's describing, and the pain associated with the history he can't help but carry. Great observation - and blog - sister shine.
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