Like most Americans, I've been shocked by the recent news of police brutality in some of our nation's most segregated communities. But I should not be surprised. Discrimination and social injustice are nothing new in American life. In fact, they are perennial themes in our history--and our art. Ragtime, a Tony Award-winning musical from nearly two decades ago, dealt with discrimination and social inequality in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Sadly, this work of art could ...
Like most Americans, I've been shocked by the recent news of police brutality in some of our nation's most segregated communities. But I should not be surprised. Discrimination and social injustice are nothing new in American life. In fact, they are perennial themes in our history--and our art. Ragtime, a Tony Award-winning musical from nearly two decades ago, dealt with discrimination and social inequality in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Sadly, this work of art could ...
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