tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884955.post4060741305659199400..comments2023-07-10T06:58:29.388-04:00Comments on fire | water: oh, henry.omihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999467500417449611noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884955.post-21763528834481765382010-04-28T21:56:50.079-04:002010-04-28T21:56:50.079-04:00@karole - historical rants always welcome here! i ...@karole - historical rants always welcome here! i appreciate you bringing that angle to the discussion. <br /><br />hope to see you again!omihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999467500417449611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884955.post-45559106157755080012010-04-28T21:44:04.953-04:002010-04-28T21:44:04.953-04:00This guy.... we watched two of his documentaries i...This guy.... we watched two of his documentaries in an African history class I took and he just doesn't seem to get some things. It's weird. About Liberia and Sierra Leone: sure, some former slaves chose to return of their own volition. But it was largely whites who wanted to send them back. My understanding is that by this time, black people in America didn't want to go to a country Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15820906691347552407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884955.post-54118888314746859592010-04-26T10:17:34.156-04:002010-04-26T10:17:34.156-04:00@nj - first of all, welcome! don't think i'...@nj - first of all, welcome! don't think i've seen you here before. <br /><br />i understand the responsibility sharing angle, to a degree. if gates were just speaking on a "moral"/spiritual level, i probably wouldn't have bothered.<br /><br />however, kwame and the other sista i linked to did a great job of breaking down why it doesn't hold up when talking about the omihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999467500417449611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884955.post-18511170648249161192010-04-25T15:19:28.084-04:002010-04-25T15:19:28.084-04:00*applause*
i really appreciate your response to g...*applause*<br /><br />i really appreciate your response to gates' reckless words.Biancahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019169497304759056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884955.post-86531473084648012962010-04-25T14:49:11.074-04:002010-04-25T14:49:11.074-04:00Followed you here from Kwame Zulu Shabazz's po...Followed you here from Kwame Zulu Shabazz's post on FaceBook.<br /><br />I had read Professor's Article earlier and found my self on facebook getting clarity on what Skip had written. <br /><br />He feels that responsibility is to be shared and he is right on that accord. However, the matter of reparations and how it's to be dealt with s/b on a nation by nation basis. Let's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884955.post-73772461350087114032010-04-24T19:54:14.037-04:002010-04-24T19:54:14.037-04:00glad there was some humor in it...lol. if i'd ...glad there was some humor in it...lol. if i'd tried to be completely straight about it all, my head might have exploded.omihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999467500417449611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884955.post-76334038264095066652010-04-24T16:21:36.051-04:002010-04-24T16:21:36.051-04:00This was SO funny and insightful. YAY! Thank you, ...This was SO funny and insightful. YAY! Thank you, Omi!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com