Its comforting to imagine that this is only a song. For some people. However imagine for a moment putting yourself in in the position of being a slave or having descended from slaves- would you be able to forgive as the African American community has been asked to do? I think not some how. Nina struggled I think with being acutely aware of her peoples plight and expressing this in lyrics and music. And she had such access to emotion that one only has to listen to her music to realize how complicated and fraught it is to be human.
Its comforting to imagine that this is only a song. For some people. However imagine for a moment putting yourself in in the position of being a slave or having descended from slaves- would you be able to forgive as the African American community has been asked to do? I think not some how. Nina struggled I think with being acutely aware of her peoples plight and expressing this in lyrics and music. And she had such access to emotion that one only has to listen to her music to realize how complicated and fraught it is to be human.