I would want to be black in every lifetime if this is what it means to be a black person.
The beginning of the black history heritage performance began with the black national anthem, and I’ve never rose to my feet so quickly in my life. The girl singing had this calming tone to her voice and she gave the song justice.
The follow up of this beautiful start was an early 2000s dance battle that in all ways could be described as black culture. It felt like a movie or in better words it was so connecting that it felt like Obama was president again. Everyone was so engaged into the performance cheering and clapping because of all the black excellence being broadcast.
Music brings so many people together no matter the race, and there is always that one song that a race has that they all know and could recite every lyric, and Love by Keyshia Cole is that song when it comes to black people. They will sing it every time it plays and suddenly, they become a choir who can harmonize beautifully together. I was so sad when the song got cut because everyone was singing along and it was a beautiful moment. It was all in this together thing through a single song that still has so much popularity 20 years later.
Dance is such a communion through every culture. When you hear music and see people dancing it’s hard not to catch the feeling and dance along with the groove, and with every dance it felt like a need to dance along. Their was the cutest moment ever when these two twins danced a solo together. It just showed how much community and togetherness we have.
Songs and dancing have plenty of culture alone but so does fashion and I enjoyed their fashion shows. Evertime was strutting and they looked flawless. I was respectfully gawking at their glory. Yet there is no better way to speak about being black but through words, and that’s why the craftsmanship of poetry is so much more meaningful. The poetry spoken is still imprinted in my brain. It spoke directly to me and every person who just decided to listen.
In the performance they had moments where they provided facts about black heritage and it just started with “Did you know” and the facts spoken should be known already, but they rather silence our history then teach it.
