And let us begin.....
Please, read this article by Tim Wise.
http://www.racialicious.com/2008/11/05/good-and-now-back-to-work-avoiding-both-cynicism-and-overconfidence-in-the-age-of-obama/
Some of my favorite quotes in it:
"And before detailing what I perceive that meaning to be (both its expansiveness and limitations) let me say this, to some of those on the left-some of my friends and longtime compatriots in the struggle for social justice-who yet insist that there is no difference between Obama and McCain, between Democrats and Republicans, between Biden and Palin: Screw you."
"It’s like this y’all: Jesse Jackson was weeping openly on national television. This is a man who was with Dr. King when he was murdered and he was bawling like a baby. So don’t tell me this doesn’t matter.
John Lewis-who had his head cracked open, has been arrested more times, and has probably spilled far more blood for the cause of justice than all the white, dreadlocked, self-proclaimed anarchists in this country combined-couldn’t be more thrilled at what has happened. If he can see it, then frankly, who the hell are we not to?"
So Let Us Begin.
http://www.racialicious.com/2008/11/05/good-and-now-back-to-work-avoiding-both-cynicism-and-overconfidence-in-the-age-of-obama/
Some of my favorite quotes in it:
"And before detailing what I perceive that meaning to be (both its expansiveness and limitations) let me say this, to some of those on the left-some of my friends and longtime compatriots in the struggle for social justice-who yet insist that there is no difference between Obama and McCain, between Democrats and Republicans, between Biden and Palin: Screw you."
"It’s like this y’all: Jesse Jackson was weeping openly on national television. This is a man who was with Dr. King when he was murdered and he was bawling like a baby. So don’t tell me this doesn’t matter.
John Lewis-who had his head cracked open, has been arrested more times, and has probably spilled far more blood for the cause of justice than all the white, dreadlocked, self-proclaimed anarchists in this country combined-couldn’t be more thrilled at what has happened. If he can see it, then frankly, who the hell are we not to?"
So Let Us Begin.