Let's Talk About It
Autor Desiree B Carpenteren Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 dec 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798869046475
Pagini: 78
Dimensiuni: 216 x 280 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Desiree Carpenter
Pagini: 78
Dimensiuni: 216 x 280 x 5 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Desiree Carpenter
Notă biografică
Desiree was born in 1971 in New Jersey, a product of hip-hop's earliest era. Born just five months after Tupac, she has always loved hip-hop's genre and culture, and like Tupac, she considers herself a grateful fruit grown from the trees the civil rights movement planted. She grew up a huge fan of MC Lyte, KRS-One, and other groundbreaking artists of the time, came up in Essex County, and graduated from the Montclair school system before earning her degree at Delaware State College, an HBCU. She later became a CPA, married, divorced, and is the proud mother of a daughter and a son and 2 grandchildren.Desiree started reading Richard Wright as a teenager and moved on to the literature of the civil rights era soon after. She became captivated by the people at the center of that struggle for Black and brown equality in America -- women like Afeni Shakur, Assata Shakur, and Elaine Brown, and men like Fred Hampton, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and John Lewis. She believes these figures remain underappreciated today, and she wants to help keep their stories alive for generations who never learned them.In her own words, on this book and her connection to Tupac Shakur:"When Tupac was murdered, I grieved heavily, like every other Tupac fan. But I wasn't only grieving the rapper -- I was grieving the son of Afeni Shakur, a direct, hands-on product of my own freedom fighters. I grieved America's loss of his intellect. It took a long time, and I found myself pulled even deeper into his music because I needed that connection. I feared for his life while he was alive, so his death was especially hard to accept. I'll admit I was once an "alive theorist" myself, though I've long since let that go." - DesireeAs time passed, I grew disappointed and, honestly, angry with parts of the hip-hop community's leadership. I watched successful rappers and executives publicly honor Tupac and profess their love for him, while his own group, the Outlawz, struggled. I could never reconcile those two things. My heart always went out to our neighborhood friend, the late Bruce Washington -- known as Fatal, of the Outlawz -- along with Kadafi and the rest of that group, all genuinely talented local artists. I believe the industry could have done better by them. I don't know every part of that story, so I'll say plainly: this reflects how it felt to me, and I mean no offense to anyone involved."I wrote this as a scholarly tool and workbook, using his voice alongside my own, so that this kind of dialogue can keep growing Tupac's legacy in a way that makes his love for all of us worthwhile. This book contributes to his legacy through licensing and royalty share agreements. Tupac once said he might not change the world himself, but he might spark the mind of the person who does. Let's keep sparking minds, and keep building a legacy his elders and our future generations can be proud of -- people who live and walk in peace, and in love of our differences, instead of fear of them. With all my respect and love." - Desiree