Describe the Sunset || 5 minutes freewrite ||
When @Mariannewest said describe the sunset, first thing that came to my mind was, whatttt? How can I free write about the sunset, of all things? But slowly, it started coming to me and I finally produced my first freewrite. I actually like it so much that I will have to develop it into something more; but for now, and the timeframe given, this is what I was pondering about.
Is it the beginning or the end? Depends how you look at it. Sunset, being either the beginning of the night or the end of the day, I’m going to tie it in to a hot topic, here in the U.S. especially among black Americans....integration!
It’s not a secret anymore that during the Jim Crow era, society was divided along racial lines. “Separate but equal” is what the US Supreme Court ruled. Everything was divided, blacks had their own schools, their own hospitals, own neighborhoods,etc. People like Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated for integration and got it. To some black Americans, integration was the end of their “golden” days.
When segregation was still king, the black communities thrived. We see examples of BLACK WALL STREET, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which had everything from shoeshine, to physicians, to attorneys,to banks.
At the time, even whites came to take loans from black banks. Blacks had more intellectuals during this period of time as well. They spent their dollars in their own communities by force. And then the sunset came. The end of the “golden” era.
Today,there are far less black success stories. Most businesses have closed because they can’t compete with the big franchises, education system is no longer producing black intellectuals, police from outside the community are killing the people.
As the sunset signifies one thing, depending on the individual, one thing is for sure, the world revolves and tomorrow the sun will set again.
All photos taken by me during my visit to Tulsa Oklahoma
Thanks for the #freewrite
I like that you have used the Analogy for a moment of change
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Change is essential, if not today then tomorrow. I’m glad you liked it 😊
Yes, the sunset is a time of change. I hope our society reaches the point of change when everyone realizes we are all members of the human race. There is no black race or white race or yellow race or brown race. We are all simply humans with different skin pigmentation. And Jesus loves us all!!!
The golden rule always works for me. If society practiced that, we’d be in a much better place.
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Wow - that is a powerful sunset story! Thank you for writing with us!! I am looking forward to hopefully many more of your freewrites!
Excellent freewrite, especially for a first try! I'm looking forward to your future efforts!
That really brought it home!
And if this is your first freewrite - then wow!!
Don't stop - ever :D
Thank you!!! Your positive feedback is big to me, I’m still doubting myself.
You shouldn't
Not at all :D
I didn't see that coming. And I like this perspective, this is something to meditate on.
Nice freewrite!
Thank you, @Wems. I didn’t know at first what I was going to write about and then the light bulb come on. Lol. I’m glad you like it because I’m still doubting myself
Wonderful and very interesting post my friend.
keep going 😊
Thanks dear