An Open Letter to Barack Obama
Alice Walker on expectations, responsibilities and a new reality that is almost more than the heart can bear.
TheRoot.com
Updated: 10:55 PM ET Nov 4, 2008

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Nov. 5, 2008

Dear Brother Obama,

You have no idea, really, of how profound this moment is for us. Us being the black people of the ( Read more... )

gaylin is a gifted teacher***
stone

Gaylin Read wrote:

From: "Gaylin Read"
To: "Stone" Subject: Hello ( Read more... )

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

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Filipinos & the 4th of July If you're wondering why a real Filipino won't celebrate the fourth of July, this is why ( Read more... )

The revolutionary woman is in my blood!
Current mood:
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Jung

Someone I know quotes Jung a lot, and I saw this quote recently:

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed." -Jung

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed." -Jung

"No One is Free While Others Are Oppressed"

"...art is its own empire. Art defies subjugation, demands transcendence...Politics will always be a necessary evil. Art, now as always, is a necessary good."

- Mike Mennonno, "The Power of Music to Engage"
The Metro, July 11, 2006

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