Some highlights of the week:
Tuesday, June 21:
My family and I went to a jazz/tap concert in Durham tonight. The tap dancer was Savion Glover, whose rhythms and beats were astonishing, and the famous drummer for the jazz band was Jack DeJohnette. I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the concert, especially since the audience gave a huge round of applause when DeJohnette stood on the stage before the show began and said that the group performing supports the repeal of HB2. I was happy to be part of an audience of artists, thinkers, and progressives who enjoyed listening to the beautiful music of Glover and DeJohnette and his band.
Wednesday, June 22:
Today I saw, standing less than 50 feet away from me, the next President of the United States (hopefully). If you are not a fan of Hillary Clinton, feel free to not read this post. I have nothing against you, because political alignments are not the defining feature of a person’s character.
Clinton was introduced by Jim Hunt, a former governor of North Carolina, and Alicia Wilkerson, a teacher from Goldsboro. She mostly focused on an extensive economic plan that she vowed to execute in her first 100 days in office. In this plan, she discussed immigration reform, saying that it is not only the right thing to do, but the logical thing to do to help both our economy and the families in our nation. Investments in big manufacturers will include investments in scientific research to make the United States a clean energy superpower (to which I thought: YES! It’s about time “the most powerful nation in the world” starts to live up to its name). To my relief, she talked about the importance of breaking down the barriers of institutional racism, something that I believe is one of the most pressing issues in the US. When Clinton said that she would push for equal pay for women, the crowd broke out into “Hillary, Hillary, Hillary!” Overall, I really enjoyed the speech. It made me feel hopeful, instead of horrified by the problems facing our country.
The rest of the week was relatively uneventful.
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