tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205558467164148685.post2010652601167708802..comments2023-11-05T01:42:50.590-06:00Comments on The Texas Digital Epitaph: Chronicle Tries To Soften The BlowJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08351350773188711876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205558467164148685.post-70871386789339814422008-03-27T06:48:00.000-05:002008-03-27T06:48:00.000-05:00Kudos to you Jason...As always, you hit the nail o...Kudos to you Jason...As always, you hit the nail on the head!Laineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04163692252351274511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5205558467164148685.post-22431696536256484202008-03-19T15:04:00.000-05:002008-03-19T15:04:00.000-05:00Jason, right ON!Excellent post! Could not POSSIBLY...Jason, right ON!<BR/><BR/>Excellent post! Could not POSSIBLY agree more!<BR/><BR/>In fact, I've dedicated my life to teaching people to be "masters of their own destiny" and to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.<BR/><BR/>Black leaders (with some notable exceptions, of course) do seem to derive their power from ensuring that the “victim mentality” thrives. <BR/><BR/>It reminds me of when I was teaching 6th grade English at Dowling Middle School. We were all called down to an assembly during Black History month and the performance was by the teachers. They were all up there re-enacting slavery (with faces painted white and all) and my students were looking back at me, complaining that they were bored and wanting to go back to our classroom.<BR/><BR/>I looked at their little, eleven-year-old faces and realized that they were just children…wanting to live, love, succeed and play in this big, ol’ world chockfull of possibilities for them.<BR/><BR/>It was the adults around them that were DESPERATE to remind them about how they must be angry and resentful and blame “The Man”. Don’t forget about slavery, y’all! Remember to be pissed, okay?<BR/><BR/>When will people wake up and smell what’s really cookin’?<BR/><BR/>Extremely well-said…on every, single level, Jason.anonymous chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731987145908903546noreply@blogger.com