Me, they can kill.
You, they own.
– Papillon (Steve McQueen, 1973)
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The Fight
to love we must survive
to survive WE MUST FIGHT
to fight we must love
– Posy Lombard
P.S. It seems as though ESPN, in its wisdom, has chosen to take down the image that was previously posted above. So …
I have chosen to post this new image here, as a replacement.
Hopefully, you will take the time required to read the entire original article which, I believe, is still available here.
If you are looking for some inspiration in your own life, right now, it is well worth it!
The Enduring Legacy of an Authentic American ‘Giant’
Activism fueled by religion guided Lewis’ life. In later years he worried aloud that some people failed to understand civil rights activism as an extension of faith for many participants in the movement, rooted in stories about Jesus and the words of Gandhi, who was born Hindu and embraced many teachings.
“In my estimation, the civil rights movement was a religious phenomenon. When we’d go out to sit in or go out to march, I felt, and I really believe, there was a force in front of us and a force behind us, ’cause sometimes you didn’t know what to do. You didn’t know what to say, you didn’t know how you were going to make it through the day or through the night. But somehow and some way, you believed — you had faith — that it all was going to be all right,” Lewis told PBS in 2004.
He was a human being who was willing to suffer and to die for his understanding of the Gospel, and how that Gospel found expression in the United States of America of the 20th and 21st centuries.
– Jon Meacham (American Historian)
The way to eliminate Racism is to eliminate Racial categories.
– Teja Arboleda, MEd.
Amen.
To this point in human existence, many People have a limited understanding of Colour.
This includes understanding what Colour is and what Colour is not.
How many Colours are you able to see in each of these three diagrams?
In light of this experience, each of these other topics is important, as well:
Colour is a function of the human visual system.
Colour is not an intrinsic property.
Objects do not have a colour.
Objects give off visible light which appears to be a distinctive colour.
Within the spectrum of visible light Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple (or Violet), Magenta, and Cyan all represent a distinctive colour.
Black, White, and Brown, also, each represent a distinctive colour.
Black is the absence of all visible light.
White is the presence of all visible light.
Brown is a combination of Red, Blue, and Yellow.
Colour is simply a perceived quality of visible light.
Culture is a function of the human social system.
Culture is not an intrinsic property.
Culture is not an object.
Culture does not give off visible light which appears to be a distinctive colour.
Culture is not Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple (or Violet), Magenta, Cyan, Black, White, or Brown.
Culture encompasses social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the Language, knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities and habits of People in these groups.
Language is a social construct.
Language is not an intrinsic property.
Language is not an object.
Language does not give off visible light which appears to be a distinctive colour.
Language is not Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple (or Violet), Magenta, Cyan, Black, White, or Brown.
Language is what People use to communicate.
People are a distinctive combination of individuals with a shared Culture.
People are not objects.
People do not give off visible light which appears to be a distinctive colour.
People are not Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple (or Violet), Magenta, or Cyan.
People are not Black.
Black is not a Culture.
Black is not a Language.
Black is simply a distinctive colour.
People are not White.
White is not a Culture.
White is not a Language.
White is simply a distinctive colour.
People are not Brown.
Brown is not a Culture.
Brown is not a Language.
Brown is simply a distinctive colour.
People are not simple. People are complex.
People create culture with their language choices.
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“I truly believe that, in keeping with the teachings of Gandhi, of Martin Luther King, of Jesus, that we cannot give up on the way of non-violence, the way of peace, the way of love. If we are going to create the beloved community, if we are going to redeem the country, redeem the world, we have to do it by respecting the rights of all human beings.”
(excerpt 2)
“To the rioters here in Atlanta and across the country: I see you, and I hear you. I know your pain, your rage, your sense of despair and hopelessness. Justice has, indeed, been denied for far too long. Rioting, looting, and burning is not the way. Organize. Demonstrate. Sit-in. Stand-up. Vote. Be constructive, not destructive. History has proven time and again that non-violent, peaceful protest is the way to achieve the justice and equality that we all deserve.”
“The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborer.”
– Juneteenth (June 19, 1865)
– Barack Obama (2008)
– Richard Williams (2015)