|
|
Article: Stage of Development; Sol y Soul Is a Place For Artists to Grow [Corrected 04/29/2003]
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 24, 2003
- Author:
CopyrightThis material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
|
Chelsie Miller has just been pulled over for speeding. The police
officer, filling out paperwork, arrogantly questions her mixed
ethnicity.
Miller doesn't retreat, though.
"I fire back," she explodes. "I'm red, white and black."
The play on words in this skit is hardly playful. Miller's
political vision takes a front seat as a member of Sol y Soul's
Spoken Resistance Workshop, a group of young poets, writers and
performers rehearsing for their upcoming performance, "Militant Love
Poem."
The encounter with the officer segues into Miller's piece,
"License, Registration," a litany of frustrations rooted in living in
a multiethnic, post-9/11 United States.
"We're not doing poetry, spoken word ...