tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post6635904399232553411..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: "Change is a motherf*cker when you run from it"Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-2543374136816303732013-06-29T16:16:40.865-05:002013-06-29T16:16:40.865-05:00Hard message to get across; I was born in a Britis...Hard message to get across; I was born in a British colony, and do feel that colonialists are damaged by the experience, but not anywhere near as badly as the colonized, so acknowledgment of the damage to the oppressor often feels like unjustified complaint. But thanks for saying that — it might help. And wouldn't it be good?Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-25213274237422331292013-06-29T10:20:58.083-05:002013-06-29T10:20:58.083-05:00I've thought for awhile that a pound of white ...I've thought for awhile that a pound of white privilege isn't worth what it used to be. As a person of color, I'm waiting for a white leader to materialize (while I still do my work) that can speak to the "death throes" but more importantly speak about why white entitlement is poison in the first place. That voice in the larger environment needs to be at the table.<br /><br />jds09Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-50532701233949798932013-06-28T19:09:20.893-05:002013-06-28T19:09:20.893-05:00The idea of hope and real change seems to scare ma...The idea of hope and real change seems to scare many republicans. I remember when Sen. Obama chose his theme of "Hope and Change" in 2007, many on the right ridiculed him. Palin made it her business to mock the slogan every chance she got by asking, "How's that hopey changey thing working out for ya?", and the lemmings copied her. Although neither she nor any other republican will admit it, we have seen real change in the country since 2009--HCR, the death of DADT, the striking down of DOMA's provision that denies same sex married couples the right to the same benefits as all other married couples, many rank and file Americans finding their voice, and among other things, undocumented immigrants standing up and challenging republicans' demonization of them (Yay! DREAMERS!) Sure, political change has been slow to materialize, but I've seen a lot of change, and hope, among the populace, especially, in our younger people, and I think it's all good. Many republicans hate to see anyone think for themselves, but I love witnessing it. majiinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-45305008183857300462013-06-28T18:31:57.532-05:002013-06-28T18:31:57.532-05:00One of the reasons I loved raising our children in...One of the reasons I loved raising our children in Hawaii. While not a perfect place of racial harmony, they did get to learn that most folks actually DON'T look like them, and that there are many cultural routes to love, acceptance and tolerance.KonaKeokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695210034663379610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-52539217829550332992013-06-28T17:37:25.309-05:002013-06-28T17:37:25.309-05:00True and beautifully stated. You are right, progre...True and beautifully stated. You are right, progress is being made and rather rapidly in the last 4 years especially. More and more Americans, especially those who had turned their heads and spoken dismissively about "those people" have realized that they are part of the vulnerable 99% and that the emperors, the 1% have no clothes. Our coalitions are becoming wider, bigger, angrier and more focused in the push back. This past week has been one of highs and lows with the results of the various SCOTUS rulings, but I, and many others, feel energized and full of possibilities.Calinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681871965211660407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-13891119961107592772013-06-28T17:29:10.807-05:002013-06-28T17:29:10.807-05:00Actually, I had an encounter the other day with a ...Actually, I had an encounter the other day with a library patron. He's white, and a true liberal, but still seeing things through the scrim of his experience. He's convinced that 2014 will be like 2010, because "we elected Bush twice". Never mind that we didn't actually elect him the first time. And he says Obama was elected merely because he was "white enough" and whites felt good voting for him. Again, never mind that Romney won 60% of the white vote. The tidal wave that began in California and New York is going to wash over the country, and unless the GOP is for an apartheid regime, there's not a damned thing it can do about it.Liberal Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11682406103923500984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-41848943995072198722013-06-28T17:24:56.451-05:002013-06-28T17:24:56.451-05:00Preach, smartypants, preach.Preach, smartypants, preach.Liberal Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11682406103923500984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-66217200288110866682013-06-28T17:23:09.126-05:002013-06-28T17:23:09.126-05:00I believe this is what the new "Organizing F...I believe this is what the new "Organizing For Action" is hoping to accomplish. Keep talking to your friends, get them involved, tell them to pass it to there friends, and so on...sjterridnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-75382186122961716052013-06-28T16:29:46.065-05:002013-06-28T16:29:46.065-05:00"America will soon belong to the men and wome..."America will soon belong to the men and women — white and black and Latino and Asian, Christian and Jew and Muslim and atheist, gay and straight — who can walk into a room and accept with real comfort the sensation that they are in a world of certain difference, that there are no real majorities, only pluralities and coalitions."<br /><br />I have been looking forward to this day for so long. The question now is how we orgnaize to speed the arrival.lockewasrightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-32422498990584580152013-06-28T16:23:24.769-05:002013-06-28T16:23:24.769-05:00The snake bites hardest just before it dies.The snake bites hardest just before it dies.Chris Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139817527808942227noreply@blogger.com