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In 60 seconds James Baldwin breaks race and racism ALL THE WAY DOWN. (Original Post) Kind of Blue Oct 2015 OP
NEVER apologize Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #1
Awww, Thank you, Chitown Kev! Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #4
I have seen this 3-4 times already and EVERY TIME it gives me the freaking shivers Number23 Oct 2015 #2
"You want me to risk my life, my woman, Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #5
Mandatory viewing all Americans randys1 Oct 2015 #3
Yeah, he had a way of making Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #6
Please cross post this to DU:GD ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #7
Oh, 1StrongBlackMan! Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #8
Bless you ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #12
LOLOLOL!!! Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #14
Thank you for posting. sheshe2 Oct 2015 #9
You're welcome, sheshe2. Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #10
K&R! stonecutter357 Oct 2015 #11
Indeed! I was listening to Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #15
K&R ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #13
Thank you very much, ismnotwasm :) n/t Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #16
K&R Lisa D Oct 2015 #17

Number23

(24,544 posts)
2. I have seen this 3-4 times already and EVERY TIME it gives me the freaking shivers
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 04:53 PM
Oct 2015

He NAILS it. He goes by the "evidence," not pie in the sky fancy rhetoric and lovely, sweet words. He judges by actions.

I don't know if the labor orgs hate me, but I know I'm NOT in their union.
I don't know if the realtors hate black people but I know they keep me in the ghetto.
I don't know if the board of education hates black people, but I see the books they give my children (and of course black folks are hardly a mention at all beyond a couple of paragraphs on slavery and MLK) and the schools that we have to go to.

You want me to risk my life, my woman, my children on some idealistic version of America that you assure me exists which I have never seen.


Lord Have mercy....

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)
5. "You want me to risk my life, my woman,
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:03 PM
Oct 2015
my children on some idealistic version of America that you assure me exists which I have never seen.

Ugh, that breaks me down that I can't hide from the evidence though I want to drapetomania away.
 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
7. Please cross post this to DU:GD ...
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 05:30 PM
Oct 2015

It makes clear what never seems to penetrate the minds, let alone the hearts of too many DU:Liberals/Progressives ... and they wonder why they cannot be my ally.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
12. Bless you ...
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 07:29 PM
Oct 2015

But think of it this way ... If for nothing else, posting it in DU:GD will give you names for your Ignore List.

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)
15. Indeed! I was listening to
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 01:10 AM
Oct 2015

UMass Professor John H. Bracey, Jr. the other day. His focus is that racism is not free for anyone, that the clientele of supramacy is shrinking and the teaching of the AA experience is minimized, the foundation of this country, precisely beause they are in our club and that's the scary part. "The price of keeping black people dumb is to keep white people just as dumb," he says, "but they're proud of it. They're still not black."

So we have to continue to be Capt. Obvious for what is ignored. It's Supremacy, stupid.

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