Lena Horne on Lena Horne | American Masters: In Their Own Words
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Lena Horne shares her disappointment in the lack of progress made toward racial equality throughout her lifetime, however she does have hope for the generations that follow her. Horne was interviewed on August 29, 1996 for American Masters - Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice (1996).
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“In Their Own Words: The American Masters Digital Archive,” the legend shares her disappointment in the lack of progress made toward racial equality throughout her lifetime.
“Maybe it’s because I’m a black woman, but maybe because I’m a woman, I don’t see as much as I wanted,” Lena says in an interview released on August 29, 1996. “I don’t see it happening as much as it happened to us 10 years ago. I think it’s worsened and it’s like the French say, ‘the more we change, the more it stays the same.’ I’m hearing the same old stories and seeing the same old incidents I saw before 1960. And when Paul Robeson told me, ‘that’s alright, your grandchildren will see it better’ he didn’t know I’d still have to wait. Now I’ve got a great grandson and wonder how long he’s going to have to wait.”
She saw so much discrimination during her lifetime. The more things change the more they stay the same.
The "WAITING" for True Equality is EXHAUSTING....Lena Horne waiting her entire life....to only see the clock turning backwards...I wonder what she would say about TODAY
People like to pretend. Unfortunately nothing changes until you face life as it is.
Case in point... Germany. They began paying reparations to the jews when they were clearly in a position to deny them. Americans need to be responsible like the germans and start writing those checks. God says its time.
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