There has been one political speech so far. mo’Nique thanked Hattie McDonald and other Great Black Firsts. She focused on Blackness and had that shaky We Have Overcome tone in her voice.
Oy vey. If I were a young black person today, nothing white would be holding me back. My black peers would be, and my neighborhood, my friends, my family, the gangs...
So sad. She should have played it straight.
BTW, James Taylor doesn’t have it anymore.