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Tommymac

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23. This needs to be a banner on the Front page to combat the many 'Nothing Can be done' memes.

Tue Nov 23, 2021, 12:30 PM

Nov 2021

What one does matters.

I refuse to succumb to the view of all those lamenting all the evil going on in the country and the world; their only actions ringing their hands and moaning doom and gloom.

It is up to all of The People to rise above the noise and do the difficult work of taking back Our Country from all those hell bent on making it a racist authoritarian paradise.

"Almost impossible to do" cry the weak of heart.

I say "The impossible just takes a bit more hard work, a bit more courage and tenacity to achieve."

Let's get to work.

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White People KNOW Very Well ONE Thing... [View all] kpete Nov 2021 OP

CRT? kentuck Nov 2021 #1

No. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #3

Is this what "who" means by CRT? Caliman73 Nov 2021 #16

K&R! chowder66 Nov 2021 #2

I was 16 when I checked James Baldwin's book, Go Tell It On The Mountain, I had to read it 3 times ShazamIam Nov 2021 #4

+1 Auggie Nov 2021 #6

+ 2. n/t iluvtennis Nov 2021 #13

You should also check out Black Reconstruction Solomon Nov 2021 #7

It is odd that I have read about W.E.B. DuBois but haven't read his own work. I will. ShazamIam Nov 2021 #17

The scholarship is stunning. He also was Solomon Nov 2021 #18

Thanks, for the push to read his work. ShazamIam Nov 2021 #22

PhD in history, and then became a sociologist. soldierant Nov 2021 #42

Thank You for posting this Truth. Tommymac Nov 2021 #19

I was raised in the segregated south in the 40's and 50's, and read Nobody Knows My Name spike jones Nov 2021 #20

Yes. It is why I had to read the book three times, I knew after the first read I had to read again ShazamIam Nov 2021 #24

Well then who let them get away with it. rkleinberger Nov 2021 #28

The entire inthewind21 Nov 2021 #37

It's not real to people unless they see it soldierant Nov 2021 #43

Excellent points. This apathy is wnylib Nov 2021 #46

Well stated. MLK recognized this in radius777 Nov 2021 #50

James Baldwin was way ahead of his time. FM123 Nov 2021 #5

I intend to remember that quote. Thanks. 70sEraVet Nov 2021 #8

Me too. n/t iluvtennis Nov 2021 #14

This needs to be a banner on the Front page to combat the many 'Nothing Can be done' memes. Tommymac Nov 2021 #23

Amen Joinfortmill Nov 2021 #27

Whoa! Quote of the Decade!!! calimary Nov 2021 #25

so true llashram Nov 2021 #9

K & R mountain grammy Nov 2021 #10

True, true, true, and true again. I hate this statement, but I believe it's true. nt Biophilic Nov 2021 #11

Perhaps future generations would be more accepting if they studied more Baldwin Lonestarblue Nov 2021 #12

In Some Part RobinA Nov 2021 #38

I'm sure you are correct, soldierant Nov 2021 #44

K&R Solly Mack Nov 2021 #15

It's so sad that this still rings true. Kablooie Nov 2021 #21

Love this guy. Joinfortmill Nov 2021 #26

I think every person needs to do a DNA test cate94 Nov 2021 #29

Black friend tested 24% Nordic dna. So when cbabe Nov 2021 #33

I would also recommend the book, Black Like Me .. SarcasticSatyr Nov 2021 #30

I read that in 8th grade while on vacation twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #39

One of the best summations of this subject was said, believe it or not... BobTheSubgenius Nov 2021 #31

I think at some level this q thing with the Kennedy's Tikki Nov 2021 #32

KnR Hekate Nov 2021 #34

Link to interview List left Nov 2021 #35

thanks very much CatWoman Nov 2021 #36

Seriously, does that first sentence resonate personally with anyone here? Hortensis Nov 2021 #40

It's not clear to me what you're saying. Are you saying that it's "ridiculous" that Baldwin WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #41

Not universal, because nothing is ... but defintely, like soldierant Nov 2021 #45

:) Forget the "American public:" you. Do you go around Hortensis Nov 2021 #47

Well, no. But, exactly because i don't, I am able to pick it u in other white people, soldierant Nov 2021 #53

:) Always not ourselves, but now, others! Hortensis Nov 2021 #54

Oh, I used to feel it. soldierant Nov 2021 #55

But you're still white? (Right? You sound white.) Hortensis Nov 2021 #58

Who experiences *any* emotion like that? Act_of_Reparation Nov 2021 #56

*Some* white people The Mouth Nov 2021 #48

James Baldwin truth telling. nt oasis Nov 2021 #49

And here I thought I might actually get through one of these without the sadly obligatory... Iggo Nov 2021 #51

White people BLM4ever Nov 2021 #52

They can be unfucked. Iggo Nov 2021 #57

Reminds me of the Japanese woman ... Straw Man Nov 2021 #59