It’s All Politics
Posted by Nev | Filed under life, people, video
I know. Don’t talk about politics or religion. Don’t worry,.. this post is nothing like that. I actually wrote the following post close to a year ago,.. and feel it’s a good time to share it with everyone again. read + reflect
Talib Kweli was interviewed in a Real Detroit Weekly and had some great insight and inspiration into the whole political scene we’re currently in />
Regardless of how he’s categorized, the political element in Kweli’s work is hard to overlook. Even though he is quick to criticize the Bush administration, he sees voting as a rather limited instrument of social change.
“I know about politics. To be honest with you, it’s like a T.V. show. It’s like watching The Office or something. So it’s interesting in that respect. As far as the candidates’ policies on health care or the war, I don’t believe that you can affect that by a vote. I believe it’s misleading to tell people that they can effect change by one vote, or that somehow your one vote is some kind of revolutionary action. Like you can feel good by voting every four years and not doing anything else. It’s the stuff that you do outside of election day that determines what happens in your community.”
So true. The election is over. You cast your vote. The polls are closed. Your candidate has either won or lost. Now what? Sit back and wait for things to start changing all by themselves? Or, wait another 4years to go VOTE and make a difference (don’t get me wrong your vote DOES make a difference) The question is what can YOU DO today to start making CHANGE happen?
Choice is yours.
check out CNN’s montage of the last two years of racing >
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Tags: election, politics, talib kweli
