In his second Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Piano Lesson, Wilson has fashioned perhaps his most haunting and dramatic work. At the heart of the play stands the ornately carved upright piano. It is the Charles family's prized, hard-won possession, which has been gathering dust in the parlor of Berniece Charles's Pittsburgh home. When Boy Willie, Berniece's exuberant brother, bursts into her life with his dream of buying the same Mississippi land that his family had worked as slaves, he plans to sell their antique piano for the hard cash he needs to stake his future. But Berniece refuses to sell, clinging to the piano as a reminder of the history that is their family legacy. This dilemma is the real "piano lesson," reminding us that blacks are often deprived both of the symbols of their past and of opportunity in the present.
Another kind of lesson for us:
- Diversity is all the ways in which people differ.
- Equity is about fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all people.
- Inclusion means that everybody has a say in what happens.
- On Monday, I was thinking about music, HERE.
- My subject was advice from two grandmothers on TWOsday, HERE.
- Wednesday's word was "oomf," posted HERE.
- On Thursday, I had "no regrets" about reading a book with "regrets" in the title, HERE.
- Friday's book beginnings was from a book about black equity, HERE.
- On Satuday, the first day of February, I pointed out that it's Black History Month, HERE.
Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at Readerbuzz.
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