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re: Obama's eulogy for Rev. Pickney

Posted by LSUfanalways on 6/26/15 at 8:50 pm to
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avoids respecting white tragedies


What's a white tragedy? Was Newton a white tragedy because 19/20 children were white? No, Newton was an American tragedy because we all mourned those children, and we all should mourn these nine AMERICANS who were murdered because of the color of their skin.

re: Recommend me a book..

Posted by LSUfanalways on 1/2/15 at 7:53 pm to
A Confederacy of Dunces
My husband tells lots of stories of his family being segregated amongst blacks. They were not quite passé blanc, but they still created communities only accessible to other light skinned blacks. They discriminated against any black darker than a paper bag. Slavery has left us with quite a legacy and it goes way deeper than mere black and white. It's legacy permeates and reeks havoc on the black community to this day with us being very judgemental towards each other because of the color of our skin.
They got great educations on the state's dime. A family friend got her Phd from northwestern! That's a REAL PhD!

I love talking to older black people in my family because the strength and resolve and faith they had are really lost on my generation. My family has simply had no excuses for mediocrity. My sister feels like a failure bevause she has only a bachelors from Notre Dame!

My grandmother used to pick strawberries with a masters degree; she did what she had to to survive. My father grew up using an outhouse and tells stories of how he used to get in trouble bc he would burn the maggots. His mom said "are you crazy! That's how we process the waste!" He was on southerns campus when those two young men were murdered by the police. My entire moms side is from lake providence. You wouldn't believe the indignities they faced. They were basically sharecroppers for the white farmers in LP. The blacks lived (and live) on one side of the lake (and a few whites interspersed) and the white landowners lived (live) on the other side. Those people had LOTS of kids (grandmother was one of 13). BUT education, family, responsibility, were stressed. I interviewed a family member who is a judge for a school paper. He worked in the fields all summer and for part of the school year. He still grew up to attend Boston College, go to law school and succeed. Black people today are so disconnected from our ancestors' struggles and many of us really take the past for granted. If we talked more to these people, maybe our communities would strengthen. Done with rant.
My grandfather went to an HBCU for undergrad. He wanted to earn his masters but neither SU nor grambling (the only two HBCUs in the state) had the program, so technically, this was a violation of his plessy rights. So, the state paid for him to earn his masters degree in another state to keep him from trying to get into LSU. This was pretty common practice and there are quite a number of blacks who will have undergrad degrees from SU or Grambling and advanced degrees from places like NYU (family friend) or Northwestern (THE northwestern-another family friend).
Also, my mother's father was born in 1902 in Mississippi. He lived to be 98 and had a clear mind right up until the end. He had some crazy stories; I remember when they were showing the commercials for Titanic. He said, "oh I remember that. That's when all those white folks drowned." I said, "papa, you don't renenber that!" Then I thought about it. That was a major story. He would have remembered it. I often wish he had lived to see the election of Presudent Obama; he wouldn't have believed it. I also have a bunch of family members from lake providence. They often talk about not being able to swim in the lake and picking cotton, pecans, etc. Many of them are very successful now and I ask them what motivated them being dirt poor in the midst of segregation. They simply say that they knew they didn't want to continue to live like that.
A family friend died a few days ago. He was a former state representative and a WWII vet who went in after the atomic bombs were dropped. It's surreal to meet those people and speak with them.
Lol fools like? Well, fool please quote one anti Fox News thing I've said. And you're an idiot if you think this was an accident. You don't even have the honor to say it's wrong to take someone's words and change them from a chant to a plea to go out and murder. Typical.
Lol!!! Does Rush work for fox? I'm truly asking because I don't listen to his drivel. I mentioned Rush because he's been fanning the flames with his rhetoric, so I'm wondering if he will disavow this slander towards this woman.
You seem to be the ignorant one because clearly in the TITLE it says "FOX AFFILIATE."
Irrelevant to the slander perpetrated against this woman.
They admitted to editing her words to make it sound like she said kill cops and she did not. Your bias is shameful.
So it's ok to try to ruin this womans life and possibly endanger it by slandering her? Got it. I hope she sues the crap out if them. At least you're honest about the fact that you feel it's ok to lie on this woman.
Why is it so hard for you to understand that I'm talking about THIS woman who has been slandered by THESE editors? Why can't you simply disavow such atrocious behavior? Why can't you support THIS womans right to PEACEFULLY protest without having Her words bastardized and changed? Can you even bring yourself to do that?
Thank you for the insight, but this isn't a political topic. It's a question of ethics. Also, the shooting of these cops/Michael brown has been discussed ad nauseum on this board. This is directly related. If people are going to criticize alleged chants urging the murdering of police, this type of outrageous behavior should be known.
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I haven't a clue if I linked this correctly. Anyway, this is disgusting and does nothing but fan flames. I wonder if Rush and company will disavow this disgusting behavior.
Not surprising. I knew a "black creole" family that had two sons. One son identified as white and married a white woman and assimilated into white America, and one identified as black and married a black woman. So, their kids were first cousins but didn't really acknowledge each other because the "white side" was passé blanc.
I went to Disney World when I was five months pregnant, and it was fun! I didn't ride anything except It's a small world and some boat rides in Epcot but my husband still had fun. I walked around with my parents while my siblings ran around with my husband and things like the Hall of Presidents etc were still fun. My back was really hurting one day, so I rented a hover around and I was fine! The food is good too and that's always a plus for a pregnant woman.
President Bill Clinton and President Obama.