Comments on: Eat the Elephant, Part II: Inches Apart, Separated by Miles http://dangwrite.com/2009/07/27/eat-the-elephant-part-ii-inches-apart-separated-by-miles/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:07:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: jasen http://dangwrite.com/2009/07/27/eat-the-elephant-part-ii-inches-apart-separated-by-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-134 jasen Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:12:17 +0000 http://dangwrite.com/?p=318#comment-134 The way it was described to me by an African-American who is almost our age..."At no point was being President something you could list as something you wanted to be when you grew up without a white OR black person either rolling their eyes or patronizing you with some sort of tap on the head 'bless your heart style.' It was beyond the realm of permissible dreams." I couldn't believe it. Then again...another black person his age has a Louisiana birth certificate says "Race: Negro." That's 1974 or so. Not 1954. The way it was described to me by an African-American who is almost our age…”At no point was being President something you could list as something you wanted to be when you grew up without a white OR black person either rolling their eyes or patronizing you with some sort of tap on the head ‘bless your heart style.’ It was beyond the realm of permissible dreams.”

I couldn’t believe it. Then again…another black person his age has a Louisiana birth certificate says “Race: Negro.” That’s 1974 or so. Not 1954.

]]> By: Tom Goldman http://dangwrite.com/2009/07/27/eat-the-elephant-part-ii-inches-apart-separated-by-miles/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Tom Goldman Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:15:37 +0000 http://dangwrite.com/?p=318#comment-112 AMEN Clif ! It is difficult to turn back a flood after the flood gates are opened and the flood gates have been opened by local and national political leaders. It seems that it is politically expediant to keep stirring the pot. Fomenting unrest is the profession of some people and as long as those people who keep "Stirring the pot" are held in high regard, the anger and frustation held by so many will continue to fester and will not heal ! AMEN Clif ! It is difficult to turn back a flood after the flood gates are opened and the flood gates have been opened by local and national political leaders. It seems that it is politically expediant to keep stirring the pot. Fomenting unrest is the profession of some people and as long as those people who keep “Stirring the pot” are held in high regard, the anger and frustation held by so many will continue to fester and will not heal !

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