What Does it Mean to be Black in America?
Originally posted April 6, 2008
Check out this video from J. Fletcher out of Florida for some insight.
Field Negro Slaps Hillary Upside the Head
I can’t suspend my disbelief
“I stood in line for a very long time that night to shake his hand. And he was gracious, and he was kind to lean over to shake the hand of a 14-year-old girl … from the suburbs of Chicago, who went to an all-white church and an all-white school, and lived in an all-white suburb. But he didn’t ask me, as I reached out my hand, ‘Where do you live, what is your experience?’ He just took it and looked in my face and thanked me for coming.”
“He even laughed uproariously when I confessed that I was, nevertheless, a staunch Republican and a Goldwater supporter.”
“He even laughed uproariously when I confessed that I was, nevertheless, a staunch Republican and a Goldwater supporter.”
I hate piling on, but Hillary and these convenient recollections are starting to get to me. Why do politricksters do that? Why do they have to personalize every tragedy and event to find a connection to it? Does Hillary, for instance, think that black folks are all of a sudden going to vote for her because she shook MLK’s hand when she was a little girl? What the fuck is that all about?
“But he didn’t ask me, as I reached out my hand…” Huh? Like what the hell was he going to ask you? Assuming this story is true– and there is a very strong possibility that it might not be– , are we to believe that King was wondering where this little 14 year old girl lived, and whether she was from an all white neighborhood and went to an all white school? Are you fucking kidding me Hillary? Here is a little newsflash for you my former “Goldwater Girl”: damn near every little 14 year old white girl went to an all white school and lived in an all white neighborhood back then. So assuming again it’s true, what made your situation so special?
I keep saying assuming it’s true, because something about Hillary’s account just bugs the hell out of me. Has anyone ever heard Hillary tell this story before? Anybody?…….. yeah I didn’t think so. You would think she would have mentioned this story somewhere to somebody. To a friend, a colleague, at a previous King event. Somewhere.
Again, I don’t want to pile on, Hillary has been having a tough few days and the last thing I want to do is add to her misery. Honestly, I don’t dislike the Ice Queen as much as some of you Obamaholics, but it seems that the Ice Queen has been stretching the truth just a little bit lately.
“I walked into my dorm room and took my book bag and hurled it across the room.”
Okay Hillary, those were rough times for all of us. But did they even have “book bags” in 1968?
I am just sayin 
Dr. King: In His Own Words
40 years ago today Dr. King was assassinated. In our high tech information age, I was struck by how little we have heard his voice since then. It’s one thing to talk about him; it’s another to hear it in his own words. That is an opportunity we have today, and I urge you to take some time today to listen to the man who has inspired so much in his life and his death. Aside from his self sacrifice and potent words, I was most touched by the coverage from his funeral, when his voice is played overhead…
King: On Leading the Movement
King: “I’m Black and I’m Proud!”
King: Marching in Selma
King: Nonviolence Theory, Weapon, Movement
King: Church Bombing
King: Memphis Garbage Strike
King: “Vietnam…Evil War…”
King: Nobel Peace Prize
King: On Being Threatened
King: “At My Funeral…”
King’s Last Days
King on Meet the Press
Who Killed King? The BBC Reports
McCain: “I was wrong” on MLK Day
John McCain has expressed “regret” for not supporting (and in fact opposing) the national holiday which honors the life, work and legacy of Dr. King.
Ultimately it’s not about the holiday…it’s about everything that came before that. It’s American history, but McCain didn’t think it was relevant. Typical.
Obama Pays Tribute to Dr. King
(CNN)—Sen. Barack Obama said Friday he is still paying tribute to the late Martin Luther King, marking the 40th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination.
His comments are here
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