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June
9
2020
Written by
the LULU—LAND Team

"How are we ever going to get out of this mess"

Today, one of our friends shared this video he and his sister recently did with their dad. A personal insight into the conversations they grew up with around the dinner table in their childhood home. We asked if we could share it with you because it really touched us deeply. More than ever, these are the conversations we need to have and listen to.

"The key to moving forward is what we do with our discomfort. We can use it as a door out - blame the messenger and disregard the message. Or we can use it as a door in by asking, why does this unsettle me? What would it mean for me if this were true?" — Dr. Robin Diangelo


"We, Jamil and Julia Fearrington, are siblings and grew up in Denmark with a Danish mother and an Afro-American father. 

Through 25-30 years, we've participated in talks around the table about police brutality and an American system, which didn't protect its black citizens' rights.

We saw Rodney King. We saw Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Eric Garner get killed, we saw murders go unindicted and unpunished, we saw many similar cases, and dejected we wondered at the table: 

"How are we ever going to get out of this mess?"

The other we sat at the table yet again, shaking our heads. We decided spontaneously to film - to invite more of you to join the table.

Our wish is that the conversation must take place. That more seek insight into the conditions of America and acknowledge that condition of America might be differently brutal and racially structured than they thought. Maybe we can contribute a little. 

Our father is an Afro-American male, born in Philadelphia in 1944. He's lived in Denmark since 1979 and has throughout life visited most parts of the world as a touring musician and teacher. He travels to the US several times a year for business and to visit family and friends. 

Come. Have a seat with us."


CREDITS

INTERVIEW WITH NORMAN FEARRINGTON

VIDEO BY JAMIL FEARRINGTON & JULIA FEARRINGTON

MUSIC youtube.com/watch?v=CEQiVS6TJcE

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