Week 3 – Helen De Michiel for Steven Wheeler

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
by Gil Scott-Heron (RIP)

October 14th, 2013 | Tags: Gil Scott-Heron | Category: Week 3

3 comments to Week 3 – Helen De Michiel for Steven Wheeler

• natalieb@uoregon.edu

  October 15, 2013 at 10:44 pm · Reply

  But it will be on Twitter…..

  • jschaub@uoregon.edu

    October 16, 2013 at 8:30 am · Reply

    And now Instagram.

• jschaub@uoregon.edu

  October 16, 2013 at 8:29 am · Reply

  As I am writing this, I am also listening to his word-rap, and with each play I appreciate more and more him calling out the obvious white and privileged favoritism in America’s consumerism, pop culture, and media biases. I can see why so many musicians and activists were enamored by his perspective on life. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is a powerful political anthem that left me with a feeling of ‘I’m watching you, and I will know what side you’re really on.’

  I looked him up on Wikipedia, and was saddened that later in life he struggled with drugs and died from complications from HIV. I do believe that his call for action will live on generation to generation, and that’s a good thing.