As a pimply-faced Jewish teen growing up in a predominantly white New Jersey suburb, my exposure to the black experience was extremely limited. Sure there was Soul Train on TV and disco music on the radio, but the few African-American kids in my middle school mostly kept to themselves. At the same time, I volunteered at a hospital in predominantly black Newark, New Jersey … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Shining Star” by Earth, Wind & Fire