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IT TAKES A VILLAGE!

Sunjori Michaela
Nov 22, 20232 min read

SUNNI SOCIETY was made to be a bridge between artists and communities. This company was founded primarily with the intention of assisting up-and-coming artists in promoting their work and engaging the public in discourse about the state of the world. I was gently reminded a while back that art is political. The connection between politics and art is growing stronger every day, and I find it difficult to voice my opinions about the way the world is right now. Not because I do not care, but rather because I sometimes think that most people find my way of thinking radical or extreme. But it is depressing to see that while the world is screaming out for a hero, "our" government—like other governing structures worldwide—basically gives us its ass to kiss. 


According to Gaza's Health Ministry, over 11,100 Palestinians have been killed so far. Children, the elderly, mothers, fathers, and entire families are now buried in Gaza. The current state of Gaza and the world is a result of colonization. This war, the erasure of people, started more than 100 years ago, when British foreign secretary Arthur Balfour wrote a letter to Lionel Walter Rothschild (most definitely do a deep dive on this family if you haven't yet), a token in the British Jewish community. In this letter, he proclaimed that the British would establish Palestine as the national home for Jewish people. This profound letter of only 67 words had a crippling effect on Palestine that is felt heavily today. In 1913, a British mandate was created and lasted until 1948. At that time, the British facilitated mass Jewish immigration, fleeing from Nazism. Facing protests and strikes. Palestinians were left to face the forever changing demographics of their country and the seize of their land that was handed to Jewish Settlers. 



Palestinians have been at odds with Israel for YEARS since that life-changing letter. This is a story to which many people from various communities can relate. Being killed, kidnapped, or having your land and resources taken away. At least eight genocides are currently taking place: Palestinian, Congo, Tigray (Ethiopia), Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh), West Papua (New Guinea), Uyghurs (China), and the Burma Myanmar people. Until we start working together as the village we were meant to be, we will always feel the pressure of our government's problems and will always be the ones to receive the SCRAPS while they continue to live comfortably and "untouchable." It is past time for us to get serious about the state of the world, or it will continue to crumble in front of our eyes.



Below are article links that can further inform you about the current events happening in the world. 

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