A drum circle sits outside of Miller Chapel today.
An amazing display of solidarity, of tolerance, and Christian love.
The rhythmic drumming filled our minds,
Drawing us closer in communion with our African brothers and sisters.
Swaying, clapping, singing,
Thump Thump Thump Bump
In the midst of the revelry,
Rejoicing in our postmodern perfectionism,
A realization rose up from the beats:
Why is everyone in the drum circle white?
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Once again, it just goes to show--it takes a bunch of white people to think that drums at 11am in Princeton, NJ makes any sense.
Sorry to my African and African American friends and colleagues. We try. We just kind of suck at it.
