The second lie the privileged tell the oppressed is that if only they’d adjust their tone, be more polite, the privileged would give way. Nina Simone’s reply:pic.twitter.com/PXoPPUXeuH
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To understand inequality, economists & political scientists only take us so far. We need artists & musicians. Nina Simone’s Mississippi Goddam is a blunt lesson told to the privileged about their myths & lies. <thread> First, that the radicalism of the oppressed is the problem:pic.twitter.com/Q6GGWhBXSp
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The third lie the privileged tell the oppressed is that they just have to wait. Take it slow. Nina Simone’s reply:pic.twitter.com/44T7vLxjHp
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The fourth lie the privileged tell the oppressed - and tell themselves! - is that what is being discussed is how to get along, how to be friends, rather than justice, and power. Nina Simone’s reply:pic.twitter.com/KkJt5tLqOD
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The fifth lie the privileged tell the oppressed is that what all this needs is more investigation, more conversation, more exploration. But’s it’s not a lack of knowledge that’s the problem. As Nina Simone concludes:pic.twitter.com/O02MXJZIPw
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Nina Simone unmasks and destroys every lie used to excuse and perpetuate inequality, in a damn fine tune. Thanks to the readers who asked and got made this unroll.https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1261935536681504768.html …
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I wish most artists today would be as passionate about inequality... and that they'd talk much louder about it.
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I wish they did too! They all have careers to worry about instead!
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Why should my enjoyment of art be poisoned by the inequality that poisons the rest of life? Art isn't for politics. Politics is for politics. Art is for art.
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Art has always been political.
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