Thanks to everyone who shared some awesome thoughts relating to last week’s post—it’s wonderful to see others grapple with similar questions and tensions. One friend shared some great resources definitely worth checking out (shot Lillian!) related to Michael Newton’s work on the Hidden Glen Folk School and the podcast House of Legends.
Then I came across a brief section in Patricia Lockwood’s equally-hilarious-equally-terrifying No One Is Taking About This that I started reading last week. It felt too good of a passage not to share.
“White people, who had the political educations of potatoes — lumpy, unseasoned, and biased towards the Irish — were suddenly feeling compelled to speak out about injustice. This happened once every forty years on average, usually after a period when folk music became popular again. When folk music became popular again, it reminded people they had ancestors, and then, after a considerable delay, that their ancestors had done bad things” (pp. 33-34).
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Peace and grace,
Andrew