kids playing on a merry-go-round at sunset on the promenade

kids playing on a merry-go-round at sunset on the promenade
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picture taken just before the kid in the knee high jeans fell off. she tried to get off while the merry-go-round was in full motion. intersting that the kids are all of different races, Langston Hughes has a famous poem called "Merry go round" the first line reads: "Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry-go-round, Mister, cause I want to ride?"

i thought that was interesting

 

02h04 Saturday
11, April
2009
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    blacksheep
    nice pic, especially in b&w.. digging the lil girls with the low cut & locs..
  2. æ
    a well captured moment in time...
  3. NguJaz
    langston hughes was deep.
    wonderful depiction.
  4. Makhaya
    juxtapose...i thought i need to be more open-minded because when i 1st opened this pic, 1st thing came to my mind was the diversity on the merry-go-round. (perhaps i brought my own past experiences from mzansi on the merry-go-round)..but yeah, thanks for the story. doesnt make me feel too bad about noticing race first. but i still need to slow down on that. get free-er.

    the kids look happy. thats what counts. and this pic is super ill.
  5. Juxtapose
    it is what it is, race is our constant refrain.
    thanks, i am glad you enjoyed the picture
  6. Daz
    Love the pic. Reminds me of the days spent as a kid in Centenary Park, Bulawayo. We'd play on the roundabouts ... just like this one.

    That was a LONG time ago!
  7. Khumbelo
    dope!
  8. twiggle stix
    Dope!
  9. NguJaz
    i remember playing in these playgrounds in the eightees. boAus' would take their charges away. strange, innocent times.
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