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Black History Month - A Labor Seen
2/1/2012 6:17 pm |
If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander. ~Mary McLeod Bethune We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice. ~Carter Woodson Breathe Deeply~ Peace Black History Month fun facts 2012 inside..... img: tumblr- Malcolm X, President Barack Hussein Obama, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Doc_Sonar I advocate Simplicity, Patience & Compassion...and...More than Ever - "I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it." ~G Keillor |
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 2/1/2012 8:02 pm |
We should, therefore, protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander. ~Mary McLeod Bethune It bears repeating.  Honoured to be collared by my beloved Master S
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 2/1/2012 9:15 pm |
The power elite writes the history to justify and glorify itself. Lies piled upon lies. You might find A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn a good corrective to the "official" version I was taking a taxi home from the first professional domme I've visited in years. The driver was listening to WAVA-FM in DC. Their program was about Black History Month. Almost from the beginning (1619) African slaves were forcibly brought to the colonies to do what there weren't enough indentured whites to do and what the proudly free American Indians refused to do. Black labor did the hardest farm and construction work. It was illegal for them to learn to read and write. It was illegal to harbor an escaped slave. Read Frederick Douglass's biography. Taking nothing away from Black entertainment and sports stars it is a form of colonialism to pretend that there aren't equally excellent Black physicians, engineers and investigators of wayward physicians. The taxi driver and I discussed Langston Hughes, W.E.B. du Bois and Malcolm X. Among my libertarian heroes because there was no "yes, massa" in any of them. a bold beautiful woman is the world's natural sovereign
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2/2/2012 2:31 pm |
Doc What wonderful quotes!! As you know, I abhor discrimination in any form and believe education is the BEST means of fighting it..... A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw Jenny
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2/2/2012 4:35 pm |
I wonder ... if we dwell on history without motivating ourselves to introduce change ... what do we end up with? There are so many people who have been wronged in this world ... women, handicapped, blacks, Jewish, Polish, Chinese, Romanians, poor, children, homeless, Inuits, western natives in general, social status, jobs, languages ... I wonder ... when will we find it in our hearts and souls to accept differences and learn to love OR LIKE each other. I like that I see each person as them self and that in seeing them this way I can accept them for the good and curiosities they bring. What Jenny said xoxoxo p.s. I'm not taking off my rose colored glasses ... it keeps the world more in harmony ... after all everyone kind of looks rosey. Life isnt about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the rain
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2/3/2012 5:55 am |
I think that is one of the best photoshopped pics I have seen in a long time.
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2/3/2012 8:03 am |
That is nice art for sure Doctor.  the lady Aislin a playtoy, belonging to the Writer, Beaudalare
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2/3/2012 2:54 pm |
Un_prejudice, un_subjective, un_stupid. xoxoxoxo  I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not" Kurt Cobain
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2/3/2012 5:09 pm |
I offer Ordinary Seaman Robert Sweeney, USN as a forgot extraordinary hero for this month. Don't know him, look him up or google the name.
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2/5/2012 2:02 pm |
I offer Ordinary Seaman Robert Sweeney, USN as a forgot extraordinary hero for this month. Don't know him, look him up or google the name. ...In the 1880's, Ordinary Seaman Robert Sweeney was awarded the Medal of Honor twice within three years. Sweeney's first Medal of Honor was awarded for saving a shipmate from drowning while serving on board USS Kearsarge at Hampton Roads, Virginia on October 26, 1881. In addition while USS Jamestown was at the New York Navy Yard on December 20, 1883, Sweeney rescued another shipmate, A.A. George, who had fallen overboard and was drowning. Sweeney received a second Medal of Honor for his rescue of George... TY! Breathe Deeply~ P Doc_Sonar I advocate Simplicity, Patience & Compassion...and...More than Ever - "I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it." ~G Keillor
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2/7/2012 11:56 am |
Doc, You are correct. From one of Frederick Douglas's autobiographies, slaves passively and actively resisted every way they could. Sometimes violently, which was rarely successful given the weight of law and culture on the side of the slave holders. Heard a song you might be familiar with about the Underground Railway, "Wade in the Water" which if sung in the overseer's presence came across as a pleasing song to pass the time. It was coded instructions for how to escape to freedom. a bold beautiful woman is the world's natural sovereign
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2/11/2012 6:48 am |
I offer Ordinary Seaman Robert Sweeney, USN as a forgot extraordinary hero for this month. Don't know him, look him up or google the name.
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2/11/2012 12:27 pm |
Thank you for your welcome. BD~ P Doc_Sonar I advocate Simplicity, Patience & Compassion...and...More than Ever - "I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it." ~G Keillor
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2/11/2012 12:38 pm |
Doc What wonderful quotes!! As you know, I abhor discrimination in any form and believe education is the BEST means of fighting it..... The - these quotes - are important to many of us, regardless of ethnicity. And I appreciate your stance on bigotry... In particular Dr. Bethune's words speaks to vigilance and hopefully explains in large part why many Black people prefer to err on the side of caution when questioning activity, attitudes, or words suspected of being racialist or propagandist, misleading or pure BS ... shrugging. Like with charges of , child abuse or molestation...we investigate as a matter of course - just to see...we do not suggest a Card is being played and dismiss it. YTB xxxx Doc_Sonar I advocate Simplicity, Patience & Compassion...and...More than Ever - "I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it." ~G Keillor
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2/19/2012 9:04 am |
”We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice. ~Carter Woodson” This is the quote I like best of the two you have up because I agree with what he is saying: history lessons should include all things, regardless of race, creed etc. When we leave things out of history (for whatever reason) then we do not learn from the mistakes of the past. For example: we no longer teach about McCarthyism in schools, even though it is happening again today. What is history for, if not to teach us what went wrong and what went right? To remind us of the individuals who changed our lives, our society, our morals etc. by their actions, their words, their lives and sometimes their deaths? And, it is not just the ‘famous’ people that we need to remember and learn about; it is the woman who started a beauty business and was as successful in her time as Mary Kay is now; what is important to note is that this woman was a woman in a time when women were to be homemakers and nothing else, yet she started her own business and was successful. The fact that she was a black woman, just makes it an even more amazing accomplishment. There are many more people like her that we need to learn about, because they were the forerunners for many, they opened the doors for others to walk through and they were in many industries, not just ones that made them famous. What about the first black dentist….who opened that door for others? These are the people who need to be remembered, the ones who did “small” things that set in motion big changes. I wish that I could find the group that I used to order these “pages” on important historical figures in black history; I learned a great deal from them. I had quite a collection growing at one time…I donated it to one of the mr/dd workshops to use for their “Black History Month” celebrations and as a teaching/informational tool. I hope they continued to order the pages, there were hundreds of people in so many different “industries” who made some really amazing contributions, it was fascinating to see. And, they are where I learned about the cosmetician and dentist I referenced above. Way cool and, to me anyway, something I find very important to learn about. ~grins~ I have a very eclectic curiousity about things and I love to learn all sorts of things.
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2/24/2012 8:02 pm |
Doc, I certainly appreciate the 1st quote, and I do believe that it is a very apt quote; I didn't mean to imply that I thought otherwise, the 2nd quote just hit me the closest, because without education, ignorance will never go away. There are all kinds of discrimination happening in our world today, and if we allow that to happen to us, then we enable it to continue happening. Sometimes, the problem is recognizing when it happens; either to us or by us. Everyone has prejudices...it's a function of our environment; how we grow up is how we perceive things to be "normal". I am still learning about the prejudices that I have, that have been engraved in me just from my life experiences. I try to recognize them, but, I'm also very certain that I don't catch them all. I wish that I did, but I also know that realistically I won't. I appreciate you too ~smiles~ You have a great blog and post some really good thought-provoking things. I also like how you promote discussions here, without allowing drama. Hope you're having a good day! btw...Bri is easier to type...  ...just sayin'Bri
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