standing their ground...

[kpete]

I insist that the irrelevance of black life has been drilled into this country since its infancy, and shall not be extricated through the latest innovations in Negro Finishing School. I insist that racism is our heritage, that Thomas Jefferson's genius is no more important than his plundering of the body of Sally Hemmings, that George Washington's abdication is no more significant than his wild pursuit of Oney Judge, that the G.I Bill's accolades are somehow inseparable from its racist heritage. I will not respect the lie. I insist that racism must be properly understood as an Intelligence, as a sentience, as a default setting to which, likely until the end of our days, we unerringly return. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/on-the-killing-of-jordan-davis-by-michael-dunn/283870/

[heaven05]

1. couldn't have said it better myself

+1000. Yeah powerful men and female slaves. Always amazing to me about Hemmings and Judge, not surprising though, the total hypocrisy of these 'fondling fathers'.

[daleanime]

2. K&R....

[kpete]

3. so relevant today

I insist that racism must be properly understood as an Intelligence, as a sentience, as a default setting to which, likely until the end of our days, we unerringly return.

[noiretextatique]

4. oh hell YES!

this is the truth about racism in amerikkka. it is a part of the fabric, not some "personal" prejudice.

[Chorophyll]

5. K&R