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Comment on In Despair over Disparities

Duchess — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:37:36 GMT

I very much hope that we will soon celebrate having a black president. Surely that will change many things!

Comment on In Despair over Disparities

Anonymous was a woman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:36:45 GMT

Hear! Hear!

Comment on In Despair over Disparities

Jim — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:08:41 GMT

I haven't got the authentic voice that you have, but I agree, yes, we can do that. We all can do that. As bad as things are, there are plenty of places to find the good.

We have been assigning fault and blame for a long time. We won't stop doing that, and we shouldn't, but I'm with you, let's credit and applaud success. Look at the obvious achievments and patently possible. Think of ways to build from those.

One of my boyhood heroes was Nat Turner. Today's uprising can take a different form, one that suits the condition.

How about turning depressing places like Mattapan Square into safe places where all people can go specifically to enjoy diverse black cultures, an African North End, an African Chinatown! Black business people unite, attract and employ, get the green. Black artists, keep on. Black professionals, profess. Black teachers, teach. Think back to black power, black pride. Think forward. Now is the time. Black is an adjective. It means what we make it mean and it is redefined every day by everyone.

Comment on Be A Teacher

LeeAnn — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:18:39 GMT

I want to attend a workshop you lead, I can just tell you are dynamite!

Comment on Singing the Wrong Lyrics

LeeAnn — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:19:02 GMT

Liner notes, you have to get the liner notes. if that doesn't work, google lyrics. You never remember them and still sing them wrong - but at least you knew once :)

Comment on Singing the Wrong Lyrics

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:48:29 GMT

My grandmother used to laugh about Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear.

Comment on Singing the Wrong Lyrics

Paula — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:11:23 GMT

Your post reminds me of a good friend who always got the lyrics wrong, but was so convinced of what she thought to be the lyrics she sang them out loud and lovely each time.

Hold me close, Tony Danza?

Comment on Why I Love Walking

Jim — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:46:40 GMT

Yeah, Duchess, and crosswords too! Must be that your feet are connected to words somehow. No wonder so many people put their foot in their mouth.

Comment on Not going out with y'all no more

Deb — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:45:22 GMT

you got that right! i can think a few people right now that i know will have a problem every single time!!! daamn!!!! stay at home!

Comment on Why I Love Walking

Duchess — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:49:10 GMT

Walking is good for writing too. Sometimes if I don't know how to say something and then I walk, I know how when I come back -- even if I haven't thought about it in between.