Tomorrow, Paul Simon (the singer, not the politician) will turn 80.
Simon was born in Newark, NJ which is where I was born. If the powers-that-be in Newark today were smart, they'd be commemorating the milestone and CLAIMING Simon somehow!! (Name a street after him......SOMETHING)!! But the people running (ruining?) Newark now are NOT smart. They are racists, and will no doubt FAIL to even acknowledge one of the great composers of our time because he happens to be a white man. I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but I don't think I am.
Truth is, the hypocrites in Newark City Hall who just celebrated "Indigenous Peoples Day" yesterday have NO compunction about eradicating every recollection of those who came before THEM in that once-great city...unless they are people of color, that is.
In my own way, I'm remembering Simon's birthday by buying one of the books about him...just ordered it off of eBay (pictured above). Ever since I heard Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer" as a 13 year old in Newark (1968), I've thought that Simon is a genius composer (at least by TODAY'S standards). Admittedly, in 1968 the white people in charge of Newark then displayed racism against black people. But on top of being racists, the black people running Newark TODAY are bad at math...they apparently believe two wrongs DO make a right.
HAPPY 80th, PAUL SIMON!! I, for one, am proud (in a right way) to have been born in the city you were born in!!
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