Mr and Mrs. Ferguson are still basking in the excitement from their wedding, judging from recent photos from their honeymoon in Miami, but that hasn’t stopped Solange from speaking out on Mike Brown –the unarmed teenager that was killed by Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson.
This morning, Solo reacted to the grand jury’s decision to not indict Officer Wilson by posting a sculpture, of a black child who’s face was broken in half, with the caption:
I screen shot this image months ago. Artist unknown. It moved me for many reasons. One being ….brokenness. Today I feel a sense of brokenness on behalf of my people. Black people. Everyone expresses differently. I respect all forms and shapes of expression. I respect those who don’t see this as a matter of black and white, who think “unity and peace” will save us all from this, who’s optimism in the heart of the gut wrench still seems to have a place…Although I feel differently, I respect it all.
We were not molded here, to all be molded the same……My words are like aimless shapes and figures at this time. Trying to find a place to go, something to hold on to, to make “sense” of this all.
She continued by expressing that some of her close friends think that she talks about race too much, and she’s distanced herself from those people. She also plans to make an album about race.
But the one thing that’s been concrete in my heart is my will to want to express something to my friends. To the people I love, who love me, who feel pain in this moment just as I do, but who do not feel pain in the way that I often do in many walks of life. Who might feel I talk about race too much, that it’s consumed me, who I’ve distanced myself from….because it’s true, I can’t [take] a joke. When I told a friend of mine I was making an album about race, his response was….”Just make it fun”. I would like him to think about it now. We are not Michael Browns family, but we are Michael Browns family. We don’t hurt like they do, but we do hurt. Hurt like hell. Thing about my people though….we don’t stay broken. We get up. We put the pieces together when there aren’t even pieces to pick up…….and we will……again and again and again.
Considering we live in a society where there are more followers than leaders and a lot of celebrities who have influence are scared to speak out in fear of backlash, Solange’s message was definitely a breath of fresh air.
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