These sound very inspirational...
"Rodriguez’s intriguing musical trajectory began with the musician being virtually unknown in the States for more than 40 years — after his two early ’70s avant-garde albums Cold Fact and Coming from Reality failed to chart. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to him, his records had found their way to South Africa, where his songs helped inspire anti-apartheid activists and he was considered a superstar.
Since the documentary’s release, Rodriguez has belatedly been hailed globally as a major talent and played in more than 17 countries and at both the Glastonbury and Coachella festivals. Describing himself as 'musical-political,' Rodriguez pens lyrics that often address the injustices faced by the inner-city poor, and, as an activist, he has run for public office several times in Detroit."
~ by SEAN MAGEEAN
https://www.independent.com/news/2018/aug/10/chatting-sixto-rodriguez/
Then there are these memories...
"I am a product of white education, starting my primary education in Pretoria and then moving to Cape Town where I first attended Oakhurst Girls' Primary School, followed by Rustenburg Girls High School. This was a schooling that ideologically tried to brainwash me into believing in the supremacy of my white skin. It is the schooling experience of my fellow white South Africans who were at school prior to 1994.
Indoctrination is the systematic process of teaching people to accept a set of beliefs uncritically. The apartheid system was adept at this. So, just because Nelson Mandela walked free in 1990 and 1994 brought a new dawn of democracy does not mean that these entrenched belief systems disappeared overnight. We might only have become more sophisticated at hiding them."
~ Heidi Villa-Vicencio
https://m.news24.com/Columnists/GuestColumn/white-parents-must-rub-their-apartheid-dust-off-and-introspect-20181113
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