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"Open your hearts and minds to Professor Derek Bell..." - Barack Obama 1991 Harvard Law Diversity Protest
But whites, long conditioned to discounting any statements of blacks unconfirmed by other whites, chose now, of course, to follow their own perceptions. “Will the blacks never be free of their silly superstitions?” whites asked one another with condescending smiles. “Here, in this truly historic moment, when America has been selected as the site for this planet’s first contact with people from another world, the blacks just revert to their primitive fear and foolishness.” Thus, the blacks’ outrage was discounted in this crisis; they had, as usual, no credibility.
And it was a time of crisis. Not only because of the Space Traders’ offer per se, but because that offer came when the country was in dire straits. Decades of conservative, laissez-faire capitalism had emptied the coffers of all but a few of the very rich. The nation that had, in the quarter-century after the Second World War, funded the reconstruction of the free world had, in the next quarter-century, given itself over to greed and willful exploitation of its natural resources. Now it was struggling to survive like any third-world nation. Massive debt had curtailed all but the most necessary services. The environment was in shambles, as reflected by the fact that the sick and elderly had to wear special masks whenever they ventured out-of-doors. In addition, supplies of crude oil and coal were almost exhausted. The Space Traders’ offer had come just in time to rescue America. Though few gave voice to their thoughts, many were thinking that the trade offer was, indeed, the ultimate solution to the nation’s troubles.[...]
17 January. The last Martin Luther King holiday the nation would ever observe dawned on an extraordinary sight. In the night, the Space Traders had drawn their strange ships right up to the beaches and discharged their cargoes of gold, minerals, and machinery, leaving vast empty holds. Crowded on the beaches were inductees, some twenty million silent black men, women, and children, including babes in arms. As the sun rose, the Space Traders directed them, first, to strip off all but a single undergarment; then, to line up; and finally, to enter those holds which yawned in the morning light like Milton’s “darkness visible.” The inductees looked fearfully behind them. But, on the dunes above the beaches, guns at the ready, stood U.S. guards. There was no escape, no alternative. Heads bowed, arms now linked by slender chains, black people left the New World as their forebears had arrived.
- From Derek Bell's sci-fi novel The Space Traders
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/reveale ... ard-video/
But whites, long conditioned to discounting any statements of blacks unconfirmed by other whites, chose now, of course, to follow their own perceptions. “Will the blacks never be free of their silly superstitions?” whites asked one another with condescending smiles. “Here, in this truly historic moment, when America has been selected as the site for this planet’s first contact with people from another world, the blacks just revert to their primitive fear and foolishness.” Thus, the blacks’ outrage was discounted in this crisis; they had, as usual, no credibility.
And it was a time of crisis. Not only because of the Space Traders’ offer per se, but because that offer came when the country was in dire straits. Decades of conservative, laissez-faire capitalism had emptied the coffers of all but a few of the very rich. The nation that had, in the quarter-century after the Second World War, funded the reconstruction of the free world had, in the next quarter-century, given itself over to greed and willful exploitation of its natural resources. Now it was struggling to survive like any third-world nation. Massive debt had curtailed all but the most necessary services. The environment was in shambles, as reflected by the fact that the sick and elderly had to wear special masks whenever they ventured out-of-doors. In addition, supplies of crude oil and coal were almost exhausted. The Space Traders’ offer had come just in time to rescue America. Though few gave voice to their thoughts, many were thinking that the trade offer was, indeed, the ultimate solution to the nation’s troubles.[...]
17 January. The last Martin Luther King holiday the nation would ever observe dawned on an extraordinary sight. In the night, the Space Traders had drawn their strange ships right up to the beaches and discharged their cargoes of gold, minerals, and machinery, leaving vast empty holds. Crowded on the beaches were inductees, some twenty million silent black men, women, and children, including babes in arms. As the sun rose, the Space Traders directed them, first, to strip off all but a single undergarment; then, to line up; and finally, to enter those holds which yawned in the morning light like Milton’s “darkness visible.” The inductees looked fearfully behind them. But, on the dunes above the beaches, guns at the ready, stood U.S. guards. There was no escape, no alternative. Heads bowed, arms now linked by slender chains, black people left the New World as their forebears had arrived.
- From Derek Bell's sci-fi novel The Space Traders
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/reveale ... ard-video/
"The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles."
— Socrates
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(Really asking not being a jerk)
What am I looking for here?
— Socrates
For me personally, I don't have a problem with intellectual thought that sometimes steps outside of societal norms, particularly at a University where discussions should be held on a regular basis.
What is most arresting about critical race theory is that...it turns its back on the Western tradition of rational inquiry, forswearing analysis for narrative. Rather than marshal logical arguments and empirical data, critical race theorists tell stories — fictional, science-fictional, quasi-fictional, autobiographical, anecdotal — designed to expose the pervasive and debilitating racism of America today. By repudiating reasoned argumentation, the storytellers reinforce stereotypes about the intellectual capacities of nonwhites.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory
— Socrates
I'm saying that the place for that is at University. It's where you learn to think and listen to a wide variety of differing viewpoints, some pretty kooky sure, but it's all part of intellectual growth.
But again, just my 2 cents.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government ... rrick-bell
— Socrates
This is only the beginning....
Thank you, Andrew....
eh how
this is the new Rev. Wright meme....
gotcha... so like, people who already hate Obama will hate him more, people who like him will go "whatevs", and the remaining majority of the country will care about real issues instead of this crap?
Perfect... I like the approach from the republicans... instead of putting forth an even halfway decent candidate, or some concrete plans to help the country, they will focus their efforts on birth control, chest-thumping over Iran, false e-mail forwards, and putting out videos from 1991 showing Barack Obama introducing one of his professors who wrote a sci-fi novel. That sounds like a winning strategy for 2012 if I ever heard one.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Right. The Republicans asked Ms. Fluke to testify to an all-Dem panel and bring the scalding-hot birth control issue to the table to distract the American people from Obama's record b/c they want Obama to win...
wait....
:roll:
Boom.
There's your winner.
Yes, because an all male panel discussing women's reproductive health (among other issues) was clearly a well thought out hearing to have.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
birth control- no one was talking about this until George Stephenapolous went after the soundbite at the Republican Debate 2 months before HHS made their decision regarding the religious exemption they had promised all of the religious leaders they got to support Healthcare (not just the Catholic Church), this issue is planted and perpetuated by the media for the benefit of Obama.
Iran - who is chest thumping? Republican candidates saying they would stand more strongly then the current administration against Iran are not advocating WWIII.
False e-mail - huh? I assume you mean stuff like
http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-c ... -liberals/
but that gets a big "whatevs"
1991 Harvard Law -Little more to it then that, but if thats your take. I thought the incumbent had to run on their record, had to defend what they have and have not done. I admit its weird to have to go back after someone is in office and start druging up this sort of stuff, but when it was actively kept out of public discourse during the 2008 election, and the media gave him a huge pass on looking into any of this, it needs to mentioned and added to the list (getting kinda long) of radical teachers, associates,mentors, friends etc.
— Socrates