tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post7799065934569721029..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Now let us begin…Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-21391440967536742732008-04-07T09:48:00.000-05:002008-04-07T09:48:00.000-05:00Laura:"I am sorry for the loss of your wonderful d...Laura:<BR/>"I am sorry for the loss of your wonderful dad. I think he would be so proud to know how many people you touch and inspire with your thoughtful words."<BR/><BR/>I agree. You touch many.Mac Daddy Tribute Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483912561779369669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-51255952315336900422008-04-07T09:20:00.000-05:002008-04-07T09:20:00.000-05:00Great post, as usual. Thank you.I wrote an articl...Great post, as usual. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>I wrote an article for a black weekly here in Minneapolis suggesting that many blacks, as well as whites, don't want to be reminded of the true Dr. King: not just the King dreaming about little girls and boys holding hands but the activist and intellect opposed to war and poverty and righteous fighter for labor and social justice. <BR/><BR/>I said Dr. King described himself as "a drum major for justice...who just wants to do God's will." I told black readers to enjoy Dr. King's holiday. Barbecue; get reacquainted with neighbors while having a cold one on manicured lawns and spacious patios. But don't be surprised if an ominous spirit with deep voice walks through pillows of smoke to ask, "Are there any drum majors here?"<BR/><BR/>I think you're asking us the same thing: Where are the people whose eyes are still on the sparrow, the people holding on, fighting still?Mac Daddy Tribute Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483912561779369669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-11683345048221568112008-04-06T04:01:00.000-05:002008-04-06T04:01:00.000-05:00Your dad was just as important as MLK by the way I...Your dad was just as important as MLK by the way I read this..kudo's Shark Fu for a fine tribute to both men.<BR/><BR/>As for those of use still here ..and now, we must remember that all the bullshit won't stop just because it's wrong on every count. It will only stop when good people do something about it. As the old saying goes:<BR/><BR/>All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for <B>good people to do nothing</B>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698117410778232102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-41074265171413399242008-04-06T02:45:00.000-05:002008-04-06T02:45:00.000-05:00Terific post. I've been following your blog for a ...Terific post. I've been following your blog for a month or so now, discovering it while trying to get a better handle on race in America in this vital year (American elections don't just matter to America).<BR/><BR/>Could you elaborate on something? The para: "black reality....who hear anti-choice advocates talk of black genocide while we witness their policy in action – HIV/AIDS infections, teen STI rates, teen pregnancy and a threat to black families that mocks the term pro-life".<BR/><BR/>You write as if there is a deliberate (rather than, say, shamefully neglectful) policy to undermine the black population with HIV etc etc. You really think so? Could you tell us more?<BR/><BR/>Keep up the great work (online and offline).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-68391298154570880722008-04-05T13:45:00.000-05:002008-04-05T13:45:00.000-05:00Bless you for posting this beautiful piece about y...Bless you for posting this beautiful piece about your father...and so much more. Your father would be very proud.<BR/>I'm sorry.Yankee Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533568911291967397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-76596759260182850722008-04-05T08:17:00.000-05:002008-04-05T08:17:00.000-05:00Thank you for a beautiful memorial essay.StellaThank you for a beautiful memorial essay.<BR/>StellaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-31898351709577357682008-04-05T01:09:00.000-05:002008-04-05T01:09:00.000-05:00Thank you for a beautiful post. I think the legacy...Thank you for a beautiful post. I think the legacy continues to work out in some ways we can hardly even detect, including his more radical side.<BR/><BR/>In answer to the quesiton about what to do, I think waking up white folks to their own ways is one way to do something. Not that that's the job of non-white folks. I'm one white person trying to do that. <BR/><BR/>Any suggestions for further entries at my new blog (in the Comments there) from the smart folks who visit this one would be a BIG help:<BR/><BR/>Stuff White People Do<BR/><BR/>http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>(Sorry, I can't figure out how to make a link here!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-31987050826368418952008-04-04T23:22:00.000-05:002008-04-04T23:22:00.000-05:00Another beautiful and important post. Thank you.I...Another beautiful and important post. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>I am sorry for the loss of your wonderful dad. I think he would be so proud to know how many people you touch and inspire with your thoughtful words.Laura in L.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09799362516871105837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-73017460059296286522008-04-04T17:44:00.000-05:002008-04-04T17:44:00.000-05:00You rock, this is why I started reading you blog.You rock, this is why I started reading you blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-8552295347326598192008-04-04T16:00:00.000-05:002008-04-04T16:00:00.000-05:00as always, you're amazing.I'd love to get your tho...as always, you're amazing.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to get your thoughts on CNN's 'conversation with black america' today. I blogged about it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-44168372740050675792008-04-04T13:47:00.000-05:002008-04-04T13:47:00.000-05:00Beautifully put.G.I.M xBeautifully put.<BR/><BR/>G.I.M xLaura Jane Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12483166722690608208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-58726394157809202502008-04-04T13:45:00.000-05:002008-04-04T13:45:00.000-05:00I remember in junior high school when I first saw ...I remember in junior high school when I first saw the Eyes on the Prize series. Even then, that song really got to me. Moved me. Made me want to get up then and start to fight. To this day, I love it and think of it when I think of civil rights from that time and the civil rights issues going on today. The images they show in the film always come to mind, too. <BR/><BR/>I think it is a song that needs to be reinstated in the fight for rights of all people - racially, economically, gender-wise, sexuality-wise, etc.<BR/><BR/>The one thing we did right was the day we started to fight. Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.<BR/><BR/>Wow! Powerful. Still gives me shivers.<BR/><BR/>People don't seem like they fight for what they need and want like they used to. But I think there is hope because a lot of people still have their eyes on a prize, and are starting to realize that they can fight and can make gains.a.eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01468719598280416330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-44804180461420048222008-04-04T12:23:00.000-05:002008-04-04T12:23:00.000-05:00Amen.Amen.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900726730265994177noreply@blogger.com