Fashion against discrimination.
On Thursday night I attended Africa is Real at Club 1234, an event that was hosted by several musical artists in order to raise awareness and reaise funds for charity. According to their website “Africa is REAL was established in November of 2006 to stand by a Jewish message of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world), and to stand up for those who are not. AIR is a not-for-profit organization that funds leading AIDS researchers and doctors while aiming to raise awareness of the REAL issues plaguing Africa today through social action.” Let me tell you that this event was rocking, the place was packed and everyone was waiting to see one thing and one thing only, Miri Ben-Ari the Israeli-born hip-hop violinist performing with Marthin Luther King Jr. in the background, praising peace, love, acceptance and raising against discrimination. She is a Grammy Award winning artist praised by the likes of Wyclef Jean, Kanye West, Patty Labelle and even Jay-Z. Let me tell you she was beautiful and her music is amazing, please check out her website www.miribenari.com and to donate to Africa is Real go to www.africaisreal.com.
On a more disturbing note the very next day I go to check out new fashion trends at Influence U only to overhear a conversation of the boutique’s owner Mr. Bachour with several customers about praising Palestinians’ terrorism, and saying that Israeli people control the media and distort the truth. A far cry from what I witnessed at Club 1234, it was very sad to see such discrimination in a store I personally liked for it’s denim collections and full lines of Mackage coats. Spreading hate is definitely a fashion faux-pas!
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