The New York
premiere of William Bolcom’s composition, From the Diary of Sally
Hemings, could not be more timely. With so much news focused on
racial tensions, as well as the recent uproar over sexual aggression
by powerful men, this piece explores the relationship between Thomas
Jefferson and his slave with whom he fathered six children over 38
years.
Right
wing and left wing on this agree:
Jefferson
Monument must be torn down.
Post-Moore,
post-Weinstein it's easy to see
it's
a disgrace to our capital town.
All
vent rage at degenerate “sage”,
both
sides join in attack.
For
Liberals because Sally was underage,
for
Conservatives because she was black.