[Magdalen] Related to "Yet Another Case of Race Abuse"

[Jay Weigel]

Yesterday I was in the local grocery store. There were several groups of
young Hispanic men also there (in bunches) buying their weekly groceries
and chattering away in Spanish about it. I think they probably work at one
of the local poultry processing plants. Anyway, I noticed a man about my
age who was also shopping, who wouldn't go down any aisle if he saw the
Hispanic guys in it. Meanwhile, I just went on down, knowing exactly what
would happen, and of course it did. If the young men were spread out in the
aisle, they just made a path like the Red Sea parting and smiled. "Señora,"
they said, and I smiled and nodded and went on through. It got to be funny
after awhile. I knew what that man didn't......that these young men had
mothers and grandmothers back in their countries who had most likely
brought them up right and who would likely pop them upside the head if they
weren't polite to their elders. I hoped the man noticed, but I don't know
if he did. What I do know is that ignorance + fear = hate.

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 1:31 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of my all time favorite poems.
>
> So many told of their feelings when first they saw that statue.
>
> There are icons that have such powerful symbolism. That statue, the Liberty
> Bell, The Old North Church and the remaining strands of the road to
> Lexington, Gettysburg, the Alamo.
>
>
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I worry about that Statue France gave us.  We'll have to start calling it
> > the Statue of Oppression.  And someone is going to have to take that
> > beautiful poem:
> >
> > Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
> > With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
> > Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
> > A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
> > Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
> > Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
> > Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
> > The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
> >
> > "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
> > With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
> > Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
> > The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
> > Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
> > I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
> >
> > Grace and peace,
> > brud
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm coming more and more to the belief that Ben Carson is going to be
> my
> > > candidate.  He's not perfectly aligned with me on all issues, but as
> > nearly
> > > as I can tell, he's closer than any other, and with quite a few of
> them I
> > > would rather see a yellow dog in the Oval Office!
> > >
> > > Anyway, this story/statement just came over FaceBook, and it relates to
> > > what we were just discussing.  I'm putting it here in full with its URL
> > > source, because I don't particularly want to send people to the source:
> > > it's one of those clickbait sites with all kinds of popup advertising
> > > attached that freeze my computer about half the time.  I was lucky,
> this
> > > time it didn't, I just had to close a bunch of pop-ups in order to read
> > the
> > > story.  But this specific site has frozen me before.  Unfortunately for
> > me,
> > > they put up a lot of things attractive to Conservatives.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.westernjournalism.com/ben-carson-just-spoke-out-with-a-bold-statement-about-blacks-that-democrats-will-hate/
> > >
> > > Ben Carson Just Spoke Out With A Bold Statement About Blacks That
> > > Democrats Will Hate
> > >
> > > "We're called the United States of America not the divided states of
> > > America..."
> > >
> > > Jack Davis September 30, 2015 at 11:10am
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, Presidential candidate Ben Carson made strong statements
> > about
> > > the treatment of black Americans. The agenda of liberal politicians and
> > the
> > > media is pervasive in the black community, and Carson says that
> American
> > > blacks will soon see the manipulation for what it is.
> > >
> > > “I think American blacks, over the course of this next year, will begin
> > to
> > > see that they’ve been manipulated very, very largely,” Carson told talk
> > > show host Mike Gallagher. “People telling them what they’re supposed to
> > > think and what they’re supposed to say.”
> > >
> > > “More and more I’m finding (they) are thinking for themselves and
> > > recognizing what really works for them and for their communities,” he
> > > continued, saying his campaign is opening eyes and creating new
> > attitudes.
> > > “I believe that is a dynamic that is in the process of changing.”
> > >
> > > Carson said the media plays an inordinately powerful opinion-molding
> role
> > > among some groups. The media will “take advantage of low-information
> > > individuals and people who won’t investigate things for themselves.”
> > >
> > > “I long for the day when the media begins to understand that the reason
> > > that they’re the only business protected by the Constitution is because
> > it
> > > was intended that they were on the side of the people,” he said
> > >
> > > Carson said manipulation by the media and politicians has taken the
> form
> > > of creating divisions among Americans.
> > >
> > > “One of the major things that is threatening our nation right now is
> > > divisiveness on all levels: gender, race, income, age, religion,
> they’re
> > > driving wedges between the people,” he said in response to a question
> > about
> > > the controversy over the Black Lives Matter campaign.
> > >
> > > “As a wise man once said, ‘A house divided against itself cannot
> stand,'”
> > > Carson added.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sibyl Smirl
> > > I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> > > mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
> > >
> >
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