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JDinTX's avatar

Love your final blurb. Canceled mine two months ago. I feared that Obama would be murdered in office. The hatred was out and proud in Texas. The secret service was on the job then. I have a feeling that the tale will be told someday. But, back to the point. They are the real deal. What you see is what you get. Ideals that any lighter skinned person would be proud to own. It’s still amazing to me that so many people haven’t figured out that melanin is just skin deep. Weird that so many palefaces try to darken theirs in tanning beds and such. Damn, no logic no where.

Both Obama’s are evidence that the best of us can be tan. The presidency can now be a “black job.” A female job ( probably thanks in large part to Rosie the Riveter). My admiration for both is that they have had to work twice as hard as a white person to get where they are. That is after they got to the starting line. There were/are plenty of obstacles that deter people of color just getting to the starting line. The vitriol spewed by so many, especially the orange menace, was and is unconscionable. Orange will never be the new black. But black may be the new equal. Way past time.

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Ransom Rideout's avatar

You have seen a lot, Tom, and you share it well. I sat transfixed last night and tonight. I think the "Brat Pack"article you shared yesterday realy points to the nature of the revolution we are witnessing/ being part of. Right down to the DJ tonight. I don't need to name any speaker. You all saw and heard them. I was blown away by so many of the younger ones, women of color mostly. If this is our future, I hope I live long enough to be part of it.

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