Comments on: Where’s the Progressive Movement Headed? http://actsoffaithblog.com/wheres-the-progressive-movement-headed Encouraging You To Be YOU In All Of Your Fabulousness Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:37:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ronald http://actsoffaithblog.com/wheres-the-progressive-movement-headed/comment-page-1#comment-2112 ronald Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:02:56 +0000 http://actsoffaithblog.com/?p=1065#comment-2112 <b>The focus should be on becoming a special interest group whose votes can be given and taken away.</b> no one saw the negative side of assimilation being the utter neglect of our own cultural causes and stability. the only redeeming value of segregation was that it helped enforce the communal purpose. in our rush to get away from the slurs and slander that comes along with our social standing, we abandoned the one true element that kept us together not just physically but mentally and spiritually as well. i dont fault our older generations for leaving behind their own struggling businesses and institutions when factories such as GE and ford opened up to us or when busing allowed us access to better educational facilities (we knew there would be difficulties in adjustment from white faculty members, but who would have thought 40 years later we'd still be treated indifferently in a united school system?) we left too much of who we were behind and didnt have the proper institutions to care-take our interests. back in the 80's, i think we made the correct moves when we recognized the need for black history classes for our students from our various perspectives. the compromise is what killed us: an extra page in the american history books dedicated to malcolm x, nelson mandela, and maybe one or two more black inventors. we went from reading van sertima in the streets to mcdonalds becoming the official sponsor of black history. the black panthers got free lunch programs in the schools of our nation. the teabaggers are gonna make sure my abscessed tooth remains a pre-existing condition. as always, there is power in numbers. The focus should be on becoming a special interest group whose votes can be given and taken away.

no one saw the negative side of assimilation being the utter neglect of our own cultural causes and stability. the only redeeming value of segregation was that it helped enforce the communal purpose. in our rush to get away from the slurs and slander that comes along with our social standing, we abandoned the one true element that kept us together not just physically but mentally and spiritually as well.

i dont fault our older generations for leaving behind their own struggling businesses and institutions when factories such as GE and ford opened up to us or when busing allowed us access to better educational facilities (we knew there would be difficulties in adjustment from white faculty members, but who would have thought 40 years later we'd still be treated indifferently in a united school system?)

we left too much of who we were behind and didnt have the proper institutions to care-take our interests. back in the 80's, i think we made the correct moves when we recognized the need for black history classes for our students from our various perspectives. the compromise is what killed us: an extra page in the american history books dedicated to malcolm x, nelson mandela, and maybe one or two more black inventors.

we went from reading van sertima in the streets to mcdonalds becoming the official sponsor of black history.

the black panthers got free lunch programs in the schools of our nation.

the teabaggers are gonna make sure my abscessed tooth remains a pre-existing condition.

as always, there is power in numbers.

]]> By: Faith http://actsoffaithblog.com/wheres-the-progressive-movement-headed/comment-page-1#comment-2070 Faith Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:36:15 +0000 http://actsoffaithblog.com/?p=1065#comment-2070 I'd love to read your thoughts on the election Brother Omi. Let me know when you have something posted. I'd love to read your thoughts on the election Brother Omi. Let me know when you have something posted.

]]> By: Faith http://actsoffaithblog.com/wheres-the-progressive-movement-headed/comment-page-1#comment-2068 Faith Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:02:07 +0000 http://actsoffaithblog.com/?p=1065#comment-2068 It's all on us and how much we're willing to fight and work together. I just don't see a progressive movement being more than a whimper. It's all on us and how much we're willing to fight and work together. I just don't see a progressive movement being more than a whimper.

]]> By: dantresomi http://actsoffaithblog.com/wheres-the-progressive-movement-headed/comment-page-1#comment-2066 dantresomi Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:17:58 +0000 http://actsoffaithblog.com/?p=1065#comment-2066 Very clear and concise. I agree with your last paragraph wholeheartedly. We refuse to hold our leaders accountable. I was about to write a post about the special election in Massachusetts. You said the key word "fiefdom." I don't think the Dems lost in Mass because the candidate got lazy, but its because the Kennedy's created a fiefdom in Massachusetts. This leader for life syndrome is going to kill us. You are so right, there are folks who are in it for the power (which is why I still find Shirley Chisolm to be the best politician ever!) and not for helping their constituents. What bothers me the most is that we all (whites too) don't understand how the political process works. And you are so right about the Supreme court decision, we can all stop pretending now. Very clear and concise.

I agree with your last paragraph wholeheartedly. We refuse to hold our leaders accountable.

I was about to write a post about the special election in Massachusetts. You said the key word "fiefdom." I don't think the Dems lost in Mass because the candidate got lazy, but its because the Kennedy's created a fiefdom in Massachusetts. This leader for life syndrome is going to kill us. You are so right, there are folks who are in it for the power (which is why I still find Shirley Chisolm to be the best politician ever!) and not for helping their constituents.

What bothers me the most is that we all (whites too) don't understand how the political process works.

And you are so right about the Supreme court decision, we can all stop pretending now.

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