Questlove Philly Is In Dire Need Of A Healing!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:18 pm

Will you stay politically active after the election!?

I’m going to have to. All those things we talk about on Rising Down,
all the nihilism, all the violence that occurs — Philly is in dire need
of a proper cleansing. A healing.

The economy is truly affecting us. Right across the bridge from us in
Camden, 70 percent of all black people are unemployed, so that’s why
crime is going up. Then on top of that, violence is loose, and murder.

Camden is the murder capitol of the United States of America. Philly is
in second place. A lot of civil unrest there. I’m trying to start an
arts program in Philadelphia that enables kids to have something to
distract them, to keep them off the streets.

I took 20 students to a Broadway play last night. It’s very small, but
the one thing I’ve learned in the Obama campaign is small activism is
very effective as it spreads.

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