So Violet is supposed to do a report on an important figure in black history for Black History Month. She could pick anyone from any era...
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Replying to @jessevondoom
She wanted to focus on an important woman. We helped her kick around ideas and finally she asked if she could do a report on Sharon Jones.
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Replying to @jessevondoom
I was really touched. Miss Jones was a force of nature, so outspoken about the nature of art and labor, and encompasses the history of soul.
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Replying to @jessevondoom
I look at the list of folks her teacher accepted and it had contemporary fine artists, Oprah, and a bunch of other folks. It's a slam dunk.
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Replying to @jessevondoom
Her teacher comes back and says no. "Sharon Jones isn't a trailblazer." THE FUCK SHE ISN'T but now I'm heated and whatever.
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Now one kid's profiling Oprah but the teacher says that Sharon Jones "just did what others already had" as if history lives in a vacuum.
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Replying to @mendel
You don't really have to ask. You're guess would be spot-on. And yes.
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