tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post2647604631046461688..comments2024-01-03T21:18:04.198-08:00Comments on In Your Neighborhood: A DIFFERENT LIGHT--- BILLIE HOLLIDAY SINGING "STRANGE FRUIT"High School Confidentialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350238752693393750noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-63371820130352107772008-04-03T11:17:00.000-07:002008-04-03T11:17:00.000-07:00I deleted my earlier comment, feeling it's not my ...I deleted my earlier comment, feeling it's not my place to tell others how to write theirs...but I will repeat that the core of writers on this blog pledged to keep honour, respect, humility and love high on our proof-reading list.Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-32846708408300476312008-04-03T10:08:00.000-07:002008-04-03T10:08:00.000-07:00Tomorrow will mark the fortieth anniversary of Dr....Tomorrow will mark the fortieth anniversary of Dr. King's assassination. I see that PBS is doing a two hour special on King Sunday night. <BR/>Emeraldp: thank you for your earnestness and I respect your anger... I am very, very hurt too...<BR/>So I would encourage you to keep writing, keep speaking, and keep loving...<BR/>L: thank you for affirming me and keeping us moving.<BR/><BR/>L and Emp: I have invited Mr. Duke to come and join in the Neighborhood conversation...<BR/><BR/>Let us walk and talk and act with love... the desire that every human being be safe, healthy, and respected<BR/>Joseph McGJosephMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059894814761761857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-7819988308955498862008-04-03T08:44:00.000-07:002008-04-03T08:44:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-755378859879092062008-04-03T08:36:00.000-07:002008-04-03T08:36:00.000-07:00A really well done post Joseph...a difficult, pain...A really well done post Joseph...a difficult, painful, honest sharing in this New Day of communicating we have been challenged to greet.<BR/><BR/>It's my belief that, the more we talk, the less power symbols will have over all of us. I honestly believe we can (if we each hold to a personal code of honour, respect, humility and love) talk our way into the heart of fear that lies within and between any colour of skin...or, indeed, any other way separations are made.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry "Duke" this isn't about a majority vote. You've built a reputation on being a gracious host. To disregard potential guests' comfort so egregiously is to become the antithesis of said gracious host...period. I hope the news of the noose at Bethel sat uncomfortably in your heart. We all bear a responsibility in the actions of our children and grandchildren's generations.<BR/><BR/>Lady Day...you can still make my heart break with this song. Your courage to perform it, in that black and white era, still humbles me as an artist.<BR/><BR/>Mon frere Joseph, merci bien again for this loving honesty. You show that difficult doesn't mean impossible by your writing.Lorraine Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116210981761633646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-42924607935342539562008-04-03T08:30:00.000-07:002008-04-03T08:30:00.000-07:00Duke Moscrip, owner of Duke's Chowder House, would...Duke Moscrip, owner of Duke's Chowder House, would have you/us believe that he has received 165,000 e-mails about it. That appears to be the inference: that he sent out 165,000 e-mails and would have us believe that all 165,000 recipients have responded. What a crock! They may have SENT the e-mail ad to 165,000 e-mail addresses, but you can be darn sure he didn't receive 165,000 e-mail comments about it. That would mean that one out of every two people in Tacoma and Pierce County wrote a comment. Totally NOT believable. He wants you (a po' little colored boy) to stay in your place and he wants to ensure that you KNOW your place by putting you down, by putting you into such an infinitesimally small group (1 of only 3 people out of 165,000) who thought the noose was was objectionable -- and worse -- that he is still defending it! What a complete crock! Damn it all to Hell! I'd like to see Duke's business records and e-mails and see all 165,000 of the responses myself.Jaynie Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030744076443715894noreply@blogger.com