It has been a busy month. The most major is that I went to the funeral of my Grandmother. There is something about burying your grandparents. I think we will always say I wish we had spent more time. This first post is going to be a little different instead of me writing on some [...]
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So to close out this inauguration season I have one more bit of change. Dr. Allen and I had a lengthy discussion last night on generational shifts from the 1920 through today or yesterday. One aspect of that discussion that stuck with me and also has influenced what I’m about to show you is this: [...] In honor of the end of the election years…I thought it only fitting to show you the many facebook status updates I saw this morning. Steven Lamphear can has Bush out of office now? Kthnxbye… someone tell me again what is supposed to be my motivation for working…shouldn’t a check or something be coming soon? lready feels oppressed [...] So I’m standing in line of the life church waiting to get inside I see my fellow pelhamnites all real excited. Some brought their kids we got some old people behind me fighting about who takes more steps. Some brought the paper some brought books. You know what else is cool. No one will die [...] Tonight I head to my stupid class. Yes I called it stupid. Dumb waste of time. They should be paying me …class. Ok now that I got that out of the way. I’m ready for it to be over. For all of you that have already gone through this congrats to you. Waste of four [...] So I went to the Civil rights museum. I dont have much to say other than it wasnt so long ago. I wonder how many people really know what I think. At the end of these videos ive attached King’s response to Bham clergy that asked him to calm down. Thank you for heros. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYqsJizN4gI&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0FiCxZKuv8&hl=en&fs=1] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAoyrMjH0bU&hl=en&fs=1]
I also [...] The Spin (H/T Judy. Thanks.) Black teen pregnancies? A ‘crisis’ in black America. If you grow up in Hawaii you’re ‘exotic.’ Similarly, if you name your kid Barack you’re ‘unpatriotic.’ |
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