I found this on MLK day but, with all the inaugural excitement, forgot to post it. Well, better late than never.Wynton Marsalis:Pretty much right on the mark, huh?
"At the root of our current national dilemmas is an accepted lack of integrity. We are assaulted on all sides by corruption of such magnitude that it's hard to fathom. Almost everything and everyone seems to be for sale. Value is assessed solely in terms of dollars. Quality is sacrificed to commerce and truthful communication is supplanted by marketing. The type of gamesmanship that separates races, genders and ages by 'preferences' is a most cynical brand. The integrity and dedication shown by American artists throughout our history provides a most needed and unequivocal counterstatement. On the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, let's recognize the pernicious effects of separating people by generic categories."
More later.
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The "enemy" has been gaining an upperhand on us all by the old "divide and conquer" strategy, and we have let it happen. It is time to come together.
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