Hamilton and Inclusion On My Mind

Happy to have a little help from a friend. I get that.

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Listenin’ to Hamilton on the road down south

Got the rhythm and the rhyme thing comin’ out my mouth

I could listen all day to Lin Manuel Miranda rap

Could groove with the dude all day in the Miranda trap

The man hits the notes right, rhymes all day and night, right?

Me, I’m just an un-tried, un-tied neophyte

Still, ya gotta go, though, gotta take a chance

Gotta take a moment to celebrate the dance

Me and my true love drove down to LA

To The Painted Turtle’s FUNdraiser Bingo Soireé

The Roxy, on the Sunset Strip brings back memories

Being sixteen there, gettin’ pinched on the mammaries

Pun, he gave his all, man, introduced the stars, see?

Me, I won a Gucci Bag from those bingo cards. Wheee! 

Drivin’ home on Friday, we stopped to see some young folks

Whose camp days are over, but they still love old jokes

So we brought them each a laugh and a little piece of camp

And our free attention, to remind each one he’s a champ

Presence costs us nothing, but gives us back a gift

We sailed home feeling happy and grateful for the shift

Goin’ down we missed the raindrops, but we caught ‘em comin’ back

Sing a song of gratitude and Hit the Road, Jack

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I’ve been thinking a lot about inclusion, diversity, and white privilege, so looked around at options and found a class on the subject. Inviting friends in our Sub-Berkeley Bay Bubble to join me in learning to be a good ally. Bumbling about with good intention is one thing. Streamlining our actions to rid ourselves of blindness, ignorance, and the residue of cultural norm of disenfranchising all who are not white men, seems a good path forward. We’re all steeped in our culture of institutional racism. Ask a fish what water is. Ask a North American citizen what racism is. What water? What racism? (What differentism too.)

For more info in the Bay area go to BeyondSeparation.net    and    ImpactHub.net