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posted by
benzinha
on May 26, 2004 at 1:04 AM
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attax, I thank you for taking the time to list your admirable people. Shall
investigate some of them further to understand you a little better!?!? I agree with the Booker T. Washington choice right from the beginning, a practical man who thrived on curiousity and clarity of direction. Now, Condoleeza I might have to study further as I'm choking on her job of holding Bush's hand and guiding him, but separate from this last job, I have admired her in the past.
I loved reading all of W.E.B. dubois' writings when I was very young, but didn't always agree with his thinking, as you say. In the ideological war of words between him and Mr. Washington, I too choose the later's formulas for success.
So, I'm off to read more and shall get back to you. Tho' right now I'm still deep into my Cadillac Desert book, Part 2. I would make it required reading for all students of American History and /or Government Studies. Frighteningly capricious things those two areas of life.
posted by
benzinha
on May 26, 2004 at 1:01 AM
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some answers to previous blogs
Dr. Drive By venerates Booker T. Washington. She admires Ralph Ellison and Condoleeza Rice. Everyone on the staff looks up to the Black Avenger and Barbara Hendricks. Dr. Drive By loathes the memory of that Dbois or whatever fraud.
We shall endeavour to answer more of your queries in future missives. We used to lament the fact there were so few 'smart' people about. Now that one has bumped into me I'm impelled to think even harder and longer.
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posted by
attax
on May 25, 2004 at 1:34 PM
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attax, first, having lived within other foreign societies, I can say from
personal experience and from having watched others, that you try to 'pass' for a native in the group that you live amongst. It is natural. You try to listen first, hear their language accents and copy them to a 't', then you try to walk and talk and dress like them, partly to gain acceptance. This helps you to truly understand them better, to live more easily while overseas (or while in their society) and it helps you to take something more from the whole experience.
Slaves were just doing the same thing here in America and the same thing in Brasil and the Caribe. They were imitating those around them, their manners and ways and clothing and activities. It is natural to do this and not a high crime nor misdemeanor. It leaves a person confused after awhile, if they cannot then separate themselves from their host 'persona', but it is not an unnatural thing to do.
I did think that it was odd for American Blacks to adopt the religion of the very people who aided heavily in the slave trade within the continent of Africa, and who, in some cases still own slaves today.
posted by
benzinha
on May 24, 2004 at 11:28 PM
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