The rise in racism upsets me. As a music teacher, I was given the opportunity to teach about racism in an age appropriate way while relaying pertinent information about the enslavement of African peoples and its parallels in Indigenous communities. “Oh, Great Spirit, keep me from ever judging a man until I have walked a […]
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Ska Music
“I don’t stand for the black man’s side; I don’t stand for the white man’s side. I stand for God’s side.” – Bob Marley In the mid-90s, I played keyboards and sometimes sax in a ska band in Vancouver, BC. Our bandleader, Andy, got us gigs at most of the popular clubs of the time […]