(Source: collegeproblems)
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
— Norway, 1964
This song. His voice. Allllll of that.
By Sampha - Indecision
February 14th—-Jasmine Mans
(Source: whereisthecoool, via urbanprep)
As a demographic that is already heavily marginalized by society, it’s exceptionally frustrating to then be stereotyped and pigeon-holed into very specific—and limiting tropes. Gangsta. Thug. Underachiever. Fool. Yet, blackness is not monolithic. In Barry Jenkins’ film “Medicine for Melancholy”, the insightful director showcases a “type” of blackness that America would hardly believe existed. Picture two black twenty-somethings leaving a rager at a swank house atop one of San Francisco’s multitudinous hills. An fortuitous one-night stand. They’re asked by their white friend if they’re sure they don’t want to stay for breakfast—he’s got cereal—but they decline. They hop in a cab—not a bus—to have breakfast at a quaint café—not IHOP. The “anomalies” continue. This love story is told amid fixed-gear bike rides, guitar serenades, and Sunday morning museum visits. It’s stereotypically atypical. It’s realistically refreshing.
In being from a city where its far from unusual to see its sun-kissed denizens glide through the city on slick bikes and dine at spots other than IHOP, this movie was what I’d been waiting for without even knowing it. It channeled a bit of Love Jones with its saturated shots and tension that distanced the duo, though for vastly different reasons. It showed black people with professions other than athletes, lawyers, entertainers, doctors, or hustlers. It showed the intersection of race, class, and identity without polarizing poverty or criminalizing color.
Medicine for Melancholy is full of light—won’t you watch it shine?
For any image or symbol or creative act to mean something, it has to touch something deeper, connect to something true.”
— Jay-Z
Charles Jean-Pierre
Pair your complaining with an equal or greater effort to change the circumstance.”
— Rog Walker
Speak your mind even if your voice shakes.”
