tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post8465952381360141840..comments2023-04-11T03:54:04.419-07:00Comments on Commentary by Val: Friday Quote: Staceyann ChinValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-61787000246172490562010-09-25T20:47:09.419-07:002010-09-25T20:47:09.419-07:00@Beauty and Health Editor
I love Staceyann's...@Beauty and Health Editor <br /><br />I love Staceyann's hair too.<br /><br />Google her name and a bunch of stuff will come up. She's a poet as well as an activist.<br /><br />She was born and raised in Jamaica and lives here in the States now.<br /><br />"You can kill a man, but you can't kill his spirit."<br /><br />I love it. So true.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-56788540673116413882010-09-25T20:44:52.744-07:002010-09-25T20:44:52.744-07:00@Francis
"There are a lot of people who woul...@Francis<br /><br />"There are a lot of people who would like to run our lives and take what little economic security we have. They never sleep in their efforts to do so..."<br /><br />So true. So we can't afford to sleep either.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-57113359106516519122010-09-25T15:30:38.927-07:002010-09-25T15:30:38.927-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Antonia - Beauty Health Finance and Green Issues Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18105675673609631392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-73536169679055591892010-09-24T23:48:57.946-07:002010-09-24T23:48:57.946-07:00There are a lot of people who would like to run ou...There are a lot of people who would like to run our lives and take what little economic security we have. They never sleep in their efforts to do so. Some of these people are in power, some support those in power, and some long for this power.<br /><br />And so, if we're not active in efforts to stop them and to implement a different vision, then we'll just end up living the lives designed for us by those who want to exploit us. <br /><br />Sure action takes effort, and escaping slavery took more effort still. But the alternative to action is considerably worse than the effort it takes to act.<br /><br />I can't remember who wrote that "activism" can involve doing the same actions over and over again, without critically analyzing whether what we are doing is achieving the desired results, or is instead just a behavioral tick. Circumstances change, and we have to change our strategies and action steps as the world changes around us and our adversaries adjust to the challenges we present.<br /><br />We have to continuously engage in action, reflect on what we have achieved and not achieved, look at our strategies critically and adjust them, and then engage in action some more, so that we can see where our reflection has helped us to engage in more successful action. <br /><br />Thank God that the word and concept of "race" have served us unerringly for the last four hundred years, even as it has remained basically unchanged. While other concepts and the science of genetics have made dramatic leaps forward, yet "race" remains unchanged. The "white race", the "Black race", the "races", "race relations"... Just imagine how empoverished we would be if we had to accept the new genetic evidence that "race" simply doesn't exist. All "race" ever was comprised of was skin color and skin color-associated superficial morphological differences. <br /><br />All of our organs are interchangeable and we can mate with each other regardless of skin color because "race" simply doesn't exist. What exists is skin-color associated ideation, emotion and behavior, which we refer to as racial, when "race" is really just another kind of delusional cognitive-behavioral syndrome.<br /><br />All of our "activism" is in vain unless we reflect on what we learn from our action and change our beliefs and actions accordingly, empirically. That's why I fear that as long as we are bound to the concept of "race", we will not take one step forward for which we do not also take three steps sideways and one half step backwards.<br /><br />That's what I keep in mind as I go about taking action and reflecting on its success or lack thereof.Francis Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862777385923656061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-23406830323795481032010-09-24T21:30:28.592-07:002010-09-24T21:30:28.592-07:00@Jason
If you get the chance check out her memoir...@Jason<br /><br />If you get the chance check out her memoir; The Other Side of Paradise. It's a very interesting read.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-67582790389750419032010-09-24T21:29:06.650-07:002010-09-24T21:29:06.650-07:00@Daij
It's great isn't it!@Daij<br /><br />It's great isn't it!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297338462983613290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-56361619854448818092010-09-24T05:10:55.459-07:002010-09-24T05:10:55.459-07:00I love Staceyann Chin!
Her poem "Feminist or...I love Staceyann Chin!<br /><br />Her poem "Feminist or a Womanist" is one of my favorite poems. I saw her on the Def Poetry Jam tour a few years ago, and was mesmerized by her stage presence and the conviction in which she delivered her messages.<br /><br />She is definitely a powerful voice that should be heard more.jae octoberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15812743531934424257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8131459327788094296.post-24698390609604672302010-09-24T00:15:44.427-07:002010-09-24T00:15:44.427-07:00Love that quoteLove that quoteDaijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888515800582181388noreply@blogger.com