tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post8977274675304072128..comments2023-10-28T03:07:12.758-07:00Comments on Mirror On America: An Open Letter to White Progressives About JenaBrian http://www.blogger.com/profile/07872444863142531165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-30048899019812717582007-10-05T15:54:00.000-07:002007-10-05T15:54:00.000-07:00Jena, La, as is the reflection and projection of m...Jena, La, as is the reflection and projection of many areas inside this country. If real change is to come, then we as a people must come to the realization that people change the times and not vice-versa. I hope you and all your readers feel me on this statement. Things can be fair and just, if human beings desire them to be. The burning question is—-Do enough human beings want fairness and justice for all people?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Finally, the pictures that the Jena 6 expose lay bear an America the beautiful as a very ugly place that few, black or white, want to acknowledge exist. It is appropriate here to suggest that real solutions to these and other pressing social, political and legal problems can only come about through honest and open dialogue, even if this dialogue runs counter to one’s previously held beliefs concerning the freedoms, racial harmony and democratic virtues often espoused, but consistently seldom practiced where Black people are concerned, by American leaders.<BR/>Although our "so-called" leaders, and those who control the media and power institutions of this nation believe and act otherwise, I believe it is always better to tell the sad truth than it is to repeat or invent a merry lie so that the sensibilities or emotions of certain classes of people are not in some way damaged.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>P.S. As the dawn of each new day begins, all our people must remember the words of the great Fredrick Douglas<BR/><BR/>"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning."<BR/><BR/><BR/>”America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.”<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Lakeith Amir-Sharif (Sharif)<BR/>www.angelfire.com/crazy4/texas.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-3910430970943672692007-10-01T14:46:00.000-07:002007-10-01T14:46:00.000-07:00Thank you P-6. for your thoughtful commentary. I ...Thank you P-6. for your thoughtful commentary. I have adressed this issue with Firedoglake and Crooks and Ladders. There is a great resistance to acknowledging racism as a pervasive problem in America. I think progresive advocates must be willing to deal with the issue of white privilege before they will be able to deal with racial disparity in the justice system in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-37303651152201709862007-10-01T12:53:00.000-07:002007-10-01T12:53:00.000-07:00Bill White, you've just exhibited the kind ignora...Bill White, you've just exhibited the kind ignorance that pushed Jena into the spotlight. You must be so proud.Chocl8thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888624632940579279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-55431221798144773912007-10-01T02:32:00.000-07:002007-10-01T02:32:00.000-07:00Malcolm sayshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LukWzl...Malcolm says<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LukWzli19M<BR/><BR/>PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com