28-08-2013, 10:45 PM
1960 Largo Fla.
Age 6 and I just didn't get it.
Another kid that most of us just played with, some didn't, like any other kid.
I had rules like don't go into the groves except with us (parents),
Don't walk the 1/4 mile to the beach without us.
Nobody imposed difference into my thinking about people.
Heck we all played at someone's house in the yard and which one didn't matter.
Moms were home then, guidance was everywhere. Not just our parents but all parents took the responsibility.
After the first couple of weeks I noticed the segregation, not the hate behind it.
My friend John was not in my school. What the heqq?
I thought at first he was in another room at my school.
We still played together and nothing changed to us.
Little did I know then the gulf between our lives.
Maybe from that doubt about "difference" the awareness grew later.
I was not taught to hate.
God knows Indiana tried to remake me when we came back "home". I hate winter to this day.
As Charles posted above:
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I would respectfully suggest to Dr. West that he consider the following observations:
1. It was Dr. King's commitment to end the suffering of all poor brothers and sisters regardless of skin color and including those whose economic status had driven them to the killing fields of Southeast Asia that precipitated his public execution.
2. Until such time as we are fully aware of the circumstances of Dr. King's death we cannot hope to understand fully the greatness of his life.
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It is worth noting the Riverside Church speech Dr. King made in April '67 emphasised those exact issues - poverty and abuse of all poor folks.
The use of the poor as cannon fodder in the SE Asian games he confronted too in that speech.
Uniting the misused of all distinctions to seek redress is a VERY DANGEROUS thing.
The Empire cannot have this idea spread, they seek to divide and promote hate just like J.E. Hoover did in service of the Empire.
This concept of refusing to be divided is the most dangerous idea to come around in a while.
He died for that opposition to Empire.
Too many buy the steaming pile of hate, they must blame someone for their own failures.
I've seen it too often.
I take a lesson from this example.
That is part and a large part of why my race is human.
The lesson was given a booster injection into my being by the DOD. Amazing ain't it?
Where the standard was "Can you do the job and is your word good?" Color ain't nothing but a word.
A slap in the face I hope to the Empire trying to make me hate and kill with a smile.
Age 6 and I just didn't get it.
Another kid that most of us just played with, some didn't, like any other kid.
I had rules like don't go into the groves except with us (parents),
Don't walk the 1/4 mile to the beach without us.
Nobody imposed difference into my thinking about people.
Heck we all played at someone's house in the yard and which one didn't matter.
Moms were home then, guidance was everywhere. Not just our parents but all parents took the responsibility.
After the first couple of weeks I noticed the segregation, not the hate behind it.
My friend John was not in my school. What the heqq?
I thought at first he was in another room at my school.
We still played together and nothing changed to us.
Little did I know then the gulf between our lives.
Maybe from that doubt about "difference" the awareness grew later.
I was not taught to hate.
God knows Indiana tried to remake me when we came back "home". I hate winter to this day.
As Charles posted above:
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I would respectfully suggest to Dr. West that he consider the following observations:
1. It was Dr. King's commitment to end the suffering of all poor brothers and sisters regardless of skin color and including those whose economic status had driven them to the killing fields of Southeast Asia that precipitated his public execution.
2. Until such time as we are fully aware of the circumstances of Dr. King's death we cannot hope to understand fully the greatness of his life.
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It is worth noting the Riverside Church speech Dr. King made in April '67 emphasised those exact issues - poverty and abuse of all poor folks.
The use of the poor as cannon fodder in the SE Asian games he confronted too in that speech.
Uniting the misused of all distinctions to seek redress is a VERY DANGEROUS thing.
The Empire cannot have this idea spread, they seek to divide and promote hate just like J.E. Hoover did in service of the Empire.
This concept of refusing to be divided is the most dangerous idea to come around in a while.
He died for that opposition to Empire.
Too many buy the steaming pile of hate, they must blame someone for their own failures.
I've seen it too often.
I take a lesson from this example.
That is part and a large part of why my race is human.
The lesson was given a booster injection into my being by the DOD. Amazing ain't it?
Where the standard was "Can you do the job and is your word good?" Color ain't nothing but a word.
A slap in the face I hope to the Empire trying to make me hate and kill with a smile.
Read not to contradict and confute;
nor to believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse;
but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACON
nor to believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse;
but to weigh and consider.
FRANCIS BACON