“If I can see it, dammit, I know you can see it”-Totally blind world’s most famous musician Stevie Wonder joins the US peaceful protest against social oppression of the people of color!
Even Stevie Wonder can ‘see’ it!
American footballers Colin Kaepernick and the NFL have started a respectful and peaceful way of protesting against the social oppression that is rampant in the US against people of color.
Each person kneels on one leg instead of standing during the playing of the national anthem. This mode of protest is entering the cultural and art field as well.
Stevie Wonder, America’s most renowned singer used his stage to show his solidarity with the NFL and lend his support against the prejudice which is fast sweeping in the US against the colored class.
Stevie Wonder’s gesture of camaraderie
On 23 September 2017 at the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, midway between his concert, Stevie Wonder stopped his song the 1973s hit ‘Living for the City’ and this was followed by a small skit in which a ‘dark’ man who has arrived in the NY City is promptly arrested while crossing a street for no-fault and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
After this skit, Stevie Wonder, 67 entered the stage and with the help of his son Kwame Morris kneeled down on both his legs. He said that one was for America and one for the world.
He repeated this with Dave Matthews’s band during the next day’s concert held in Charlottesville, Virginia. The victims of the recent violence would use the raised money. During the Charlottesville concert, Stevie Wonder gave a very heart-rending statement.
He said:
“If I can see it, dammit, I know you can see it.”
Stevie Wonder is one of the first to introduce Colin’s and the NFL’s gestures into the world of music and quietly express his anguish at the racist happenings in the US.
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The child prodigy called Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on 13 May 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan USA. He is a musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, and plays multiple instruments.
Stevie has commercial as well as critical success. He is a former child prodigy who made his recording debut at the age of 11 years. His hit songs pervade the different generations.
His career spans nearly 6 decades and his famous songs include ‘Superstition’, ‘You Are the Sunshine of My Life’, ‘Higher Ground’, ‘Boogie on Reggae Woman’, ‘Sir Duke’, ‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’, ‘Part-time lover’, and ‘I Wish’.
Stevie has earned 25 Grammy Awards and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His name was inducted in 1989 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also a recipient of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
Stevie was born six weeks before the due date of delivery. The neonatal incubator saved Stevie’s life as a newborn due to his prematurity by providing him with oxygen.
The excess of oxygen led the blood vessels in his retinae to proliferate and grow into the retina leading to his blindness.
The ailment is recognized as “Retinopathy of Prematurity.” Stevie Wonder was “blind from birth.” But he did not let his visual handicap come in the way of his thirst for music and fame.
He started participating in the church choir in Detroit, Michigan, and self-practiced and learned how to play various instruments such as piano, drums, harmonica, and the like!
He is a paragon for all those who think that their handicap would come in their way of learning and achievement in this World!
We salute this great and gifted musician and his sensitivity and consideration for all!
Short bio on Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, considered to be one of the most creative musical performers of the 20th century. Likely, he is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century. More bio…
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