As we look at these stories all together for the first time, we have an impulse to parse everything. Who took photos of themselves? Of the business owner? Who went to new places, who expressed discomfort, who identified their race? Is there something that all of these details reveal about who we are (as city dwellers, citizens, people going through our days)?
One Large is a register of enthusiasms, discomforts, excitement, emotion, no emotion, ordinary hours, surprise, routine.
Surprisingly, the most unremarkable stories seem in a way the most hopeful to us. Shopping at black-owned businesses as a matter of course is not a new idea to everyone. We are inspired equally by matter-of-factness as by transformation.
At a concert in Baltimore after Freddie Gray's shooting, Prince said: “The system is broken. It’s going to take the young people to fix it this time. We need new ideas, new life. … Next time I come to Baltimore, I want to stay at a hotel owned by one of you. I want to get out of the airport in a car service owned by one of you. I want to play in an arena owned by one of you.”
In the coming days, we will post more of our thoughts and consider next steps for One Large. We invite you to add your thoughts.
One Large is a register of enthusiasms, discomforts, excitement, emotion, no emotion, ordinary hours, surprise, routine.
Surprisingly, the most unremarkable stories seem in a way the most hopeful to us. Shopping at black-owned businesses as a matter of course is not a new idea to everyone. We are inspired equally by matter-of-factness as by transformation.
At a concert in Baltimore after Freddie Gray's shooting, Prince said: “The system is broken. It’s going to take the young people to fix it this time. We need new ideas, new life. … Next time I come to Baltimore, I want to stay at a hotel owned by one of you. I want to get out of the airport in a car service owned by one of you. I want to play in an arena owned by one of you.”
In the coming days, we will post more of our thoughts and consider next steps for One Large. We invite you to add your thoughts.
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