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I keep remembering Dr. King saying that, like Moses, he might not be here to get to the promise land but that someday others would. I believe that he is looking down now and saying, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God almighty, free at last."
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Originally Posted by gsupstate
I must disagree....
Read MLK's words again and again.....it talks about "sitting down together".
I have yet to see any of Obama or his followers promote any togetherness. Obama attended a "separatist" church for years with a 20 year mentor that preached hate toward whites. How is that remotely related to the great MLK's idea of "sitting down together"?
Obama being nominated has actually seemed to create a bigger divide in the country.....
White people saying "hell no I won't vote for a black man" and black people saying (in the words of Ludacris) "we are gonna paint the White House black".
I've seen absoultely no coming together or sitting down together from either side. Obama's "unity" message is a sham. Obama has yet to be a uniter....simply look at the way he treated Hillary supporters.
Nothing historical about any of this to me.....seems like the same tired old song, different verse maybe, but same tired old song.
Obama - The Great Divider
How many straws would you like to go with your drink?
Read MLK's words again and again.....it talks about "sitting down together".
I have yet to see any of Obama or his followers promote any togetherness. Obama attended a "separatist" church for years with a 20 year mentor that preached hate toward whites. How is that remotely related to the great MLK's idea of "sitting down together"?
Obama being nominated has actually seemed to create a bigger divide in the country.....
White people saying "hell no I won't vote for a black man" and black people saying (in the words of Ludacris) "we are gonna paint the White House black".
I've seen absoultely no coming together or sitting down together from either side. Obama's "unity" message is a sham. Obama has yet to be a uniter....simply look at the way he treated Hillary supporters.
Nothing historical about any of this to me.....seems like the same tired old song, different verse maybe, but same tired old song.
Obama - The Great Divider
Maybe in your eyes...
The convention has been a perfect example. There are people there of all races, men & women and of different religions cheering for their beliefs. I didn't see the room split into different race groups.
I saw people of all races talking and embracing each other in celebration.
I guess how you look at it depends on what you choose to see.
I think tonight is a big deal. I think people of all colors have come together. I know that I felt that this morning while waiting with my adopted 6 year olds. My daughter is black we are white my son who is 6 is bi-racial. On the show was a clip of Barack and Dr. King. I ask them if the remembered when they were in preschool that I came in and read a story about Dr. King. They said they did. I reminded them that Dr. King believed that all people are the same and should be treated the same. My son asked where Dr. King was. I said he died , someone killed him because they didn't like what he was saying and trying to do. I told them that because of Dr. King and Rosa Parks and John and Bobby Kennedy and many others along the way that Barack Obama has the chance to be the fisrt black president. My daughter looked at her arm and then at Barack and said he has the same color skin as me. There was a time in our history when making that connection would mean riding in the back of the bus, drinking from a different drinking fountian or seeing signs that said Whites Only. Im proud that my daughter can see someone the same color as her possibly be the president. I'm sorry that means something to me and I think that those watching tonight while Obama gives his speach will have to think of all the people who pathed his way and iases gave their lives. As Dr. KIng said in his speach that we shouldn't judge people by their skin color but by their character. Obama gets my vote because of character his skin color is history like it or not.
What he stands for is, for the moment, secondary to what he represents: an important step in the progress of African-Americans to achieving a full share of the American Dream.
The healthiest part of the whole situation, to me, is that we can go back to partisanship and attack mode as soon as the cheers and tears die down. But we'll NEVER go back to the time when a black man couldn't aspire to the highest office in the land.
That is huge, regardless of whom you support. And it is a wonderful event for America -- an event which sets us apart, again, from all other nations.
That's well said. It is historic and definitely signifies progress in race relations.
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