I can't say that I blame you.

For the rest of us, please let your voice be heard. Speak up and speak out. Stand up. We all need this more than ever now. Because the beatings are about to commence. You all survived the beatings once. Will you, hopefully with our help be able to do it again. I will stand by you.

Stand by each other.

stand, and support, all those around me.

Never mind. Crickets.

Stand alone then.

We were supposed to do this together. Not just for AA, for all of us. Stand together? Stand for PoC Women Blacks LGBT Native Americans Muslims Jews. I guess not. Take the beating. We will all see it and feel it. Take it alone no one will stand for us. No one. I have lost faith in our humanity. We don't stand together then we lose.

Done.

Night.

Mostly because there have been times when African American DUers have needed a place where white people-- even allies-- weren't assuming that their contributions/comments were needed, valued, welcomed, etc.

But while the leadership of Dr. King and other leaders, and the struggle of America's African Americans is uniquely your own, in the times ahead that leadership and that struggle are a critical part of the foundation for a broader Resistance, and the ultimate transcendence that will put us back on the path to equity, justice, and compassion for all.

So, thank you, sheshe2, for sharing this, for the reminder, and the inspiration.

appreciatively,
Bright

It hurts.

Bright, I am white.

I found this group after joining the Barack Obama Group. I first asked bravenak if it was okay for me to post here. She said hell yes. They are the most diverse and welcoming group on this board and the most maligned as was our President. They are so tolerant with some of the best hosts. They are warm even when they warn an intruder. I like being here, I feel at home and I as a white person have been allowed/ accepted here.

About standing together, about doing it together.

Rather than "abandoning 'identity politics'" I have felt for a very long time that what we need is to embrace and celebrate and affirm ALL the "identities" of 'identity politics'.

I believe that we rarely get the things we fight for, when we are fighting for something we believe we need for ourselves.

But we often get what we fight for, when we fight for the needs of others.

Finding ways to do that while respecting and celebrating the differences that have kept us separate... that is the challenge.

Thank you.

appreciatively,
Bright

Not one of us could or should stand alone. We need each other now more than ever. An abomination is about to enter our White House. He and his administration is clear, they want to destroy us all.

Thanks Bright.

It makes so much sense to understand that it was being brave enough to take the beating that made the Civil Rights campaign work so well. It was the bravery that really tugged at our souls and made us open our eyes to what had been going on. I was a white girl in Indiana with parents who never said a racist thing in their lives. I was in an integrated school where everyone got along as far as I knew (and as far as I still know). I was shocked when Civil Rights became an issue because I had absolutely no idea that anyone judged black people differently, that they were treated differently. But I was still a kid then, in junior high. Seeing the attacks at the lunch counters, watching the news when churches were bombed horrified me. Emmett Till still haunts me. It opened my eyes and I learned to listen more after that and to read things that made me more aware of white privilege.

I WILL stand with my African American brothers and sisters. I will stand with LGBT, Muslims, and yes... with women who will likely lose many of their rights as well. I will not go down the road of looking the other way, of normalizing awful things.

I promise I won't let anyone down.

I am not an AA, but I remember being stirred by Dr. King, at an age when I was learning about life and what's valuable. Yes, I remember his great speeches, his outsized presence, but also, as the article states, the fact that he got off his ass and DID something real. Something that made a difference.

I once had a sociology professor who told us "A difference to be a difference has to make a difference." Dr. King was one of the giants of history who did, indeed, make a difference.

Stay safe and well, everyone. We need each and every one of you.

I agree.

However we will all not go quietly into the night.

Those who plan to take away our freedom and make a trash heap of our country will have to have a lot more than a bloviating, egotistical carnival barker as their leader.

RESIST!

That was lovely. Words to live by.

STRONGER TOGETHER!

...than it was even 20 or more years ago. I love it!!! (PS, I've posted this countless times over the last several months)

Thank you.

Their rights.

Human Rights.

You can see part of their sign in the back of the photo.

I Am A Man.





Thank you George.

Hugs.

for not tagging me on this thread. Brilliant.

Good to see you.

Dang that almost sounds stalkerish LOL.

Well, I luv ya back~