#portraitsofamerica

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For people in the Washington DC area and lovers of classical music. Today (January 19th) and on Sunday (January 22th) will perform the National Symphony Orchestra (conductor Gianandrea Noseda) - Portraits of America featuring Rhapsody in Blue at the @kennedycenter with live narration from Phylicia Rashad (reading Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait). The Sunday performance will be live streamed on medici.tv (@medici.tv). Just for people who are curious: I can't see any association with inauguration. The event seems to were schedule/planed early last year, so before the election. It seems that it is a regular concert of #nso and is associated with the Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy from the Kennedy Center. If you want to know more, you can might ask the @kennedycenter. #phyliciarashad #nationalsymphonyorchestra #kennedycenter #washingtondc #portraitsofamerica #lincolnportrait #leonardbernstein #johnwilliams #georgegershwin #aaroncopland #classic #rhapsodyinblue #music #poem #narrator #art #supportthearts #concert #classicalmusic #fantasia2000 #performaningartscenter #centennialcelebration #nso1718 #voiceartist #voicework

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“I’m trying so hard. I go to school and try to get the best grades possible to keep my financial aid. I’m also trying to help my mom pay the bills by...

My friend shared this on Facebook and it seriously made me sad. A lot of people, including those who I admire, disagree with Affirmative Action. And I can certainly see their points because there are Hispanic and black kids with successful, rich parents. But there are way more that are not. Eventually, once the racial divide smooths out (which it hopefully will..) Affirmative Action will be done by socioeconomic class, not race. Because I am very smart, but I have no doubt this woman is too. And yet, I did amazingly well on my SATs and got into a good school with scholarship because my parents had thousands of dollars to drop on books and SAT tutoring without a second thought, and I had hours and hours of free time to study and do well. Someone like this woman could be getting the same grades and scores or better if they didn’t have to work two jobs just to make ends meet, let alone drop extra money to learn HOW to take a damn standardized test. People need to get this through their heads.