I am totally down with telling real life to fuck it, too. Boy, am I ever, and I do think we need to hold Obama's feet to the fire about this, too. I was flipping through official White House photos earlier, and while he definitely has a more diverse staff than most, I was struck by how overwhelmingly white and male they were.
But yeah, my main objection to the quote is the way this is phrased, like God decided to dole out all the mad speechwriting skillz to white dudes. When (a) this is clearly not true with regards to African-Americans and (b) it seems to be putting up barriers to writing in general and speechwriting in particular that are not actually there. There's no magical speechwriting fairy that comes around and makes you a good speechwriter. Like everything else, it's a matter of time, practice, and commitment.
And dude, I am cheering for you all the way on that last thing. :) Give 'em hell.
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That being said, I've taken the second-to-last sentence of that rant as a personal life challenge, but that's a separate conversation.
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But yeah, my main objection to the quote is the way this is phrased, like God decided to dole out all the mad speechwriting skillz to white dudes. When (a) this is clearly not true with regards to African-Americans and (b) it seems to be putting up barriers to writing in general and speechwriting in particular that are not actually there. There's no magical speechwriting fairy that comes around and makes you a good speechwriter. Like everything else, it's a matter of time, practice, and commitment.
And dude, I am cheering for you all the way on that last thing. :) Give 'em hell.
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