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hackthis_archive) wrote2008-03-18 10:44 am
hackthis_archive) wrote2008-03-18 10:44 am
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Obama is a Quaker (According to Stephen)
Everyone I've shared this with so far seems to love it, so clearly I must share it with the rest of you:
Song of the Day: Fink 'This is the Thing
Here be George talking about getting knocked up by Anderson. Possibly. Also, apparently Anderson interviewed Barack Obama last week (which I don't have footage of), but I presume they spent most of their time talking about George off-camera.
Also, today, Mr Future US President Barack Obama gave a speech about the state of racism in America. The question isn't whether it exists, which would be a pointless question, but to address the fact that we need to talk about it, because you can't fix the problem until you admit that it's there, and guess what, this is there. I'm a black woman who lives in America (until the revolution comes and I make London an independent dictatorship and Stephen Colbert my consort) I know it's there.
And yet, this isn't where I start pointing fingers, this isn't the part where I validate you for that one minority friend you have, this is part where I say that I am a person, just like everyone else, and I have the right to be treated as such, no matter what my skin tone. And despite what some people may assume, I'm not supporting Barack Obama because he's black, I'm supporting him because he understands that we need a change. He understands that we have to address our issues before we can get past them. Despite some of the things I've seen and experienced and because of some of them, I believe that we as a people can work on, and maybe work through, our race issues. We have to be the change we want to see.
This is the change I want to see.
Text of the speech available here
Song of the Day: Fink 'This is the Thing
Here be George talking about getting knocked up by Anderson. Possibly. Also, apparently Anderson interviewed Barack Obama last week (which I don't have footage of), but I presume they spent most of their time talking about George off-camera.
Also, today, Mr Future US President Barack Obama gave a speech about the state of racism in America. The question isn't whether it exists, which would be a pointless question, but to address the fact that we need to talk about it, because you can't fix the problem until you admit that it's there, and guess what, this is there. I'm a black woman who lives in America (until the revolution comes and I make London an independent dictatorship and Stephen Colbert my consort) I know it's there.
And yet, this isn't where I start pointing fingers, this isn't the part where I validate you for that one minority friend you have, this is part where I say that I am a person, just like everyone else, and I have the right to be treated as such, no matter what my skin tone. And despite what some people may assume, I'm not supporting Barack Obama because he's black, I'm supporting him because he understands that we need a change. He understands that we have to address our issues before we can get past them. Despite some of the things I've seen and experienced and because of some of them, I believe that we as a people can work on, and maybe work through, our race issues. We have to be the change we want to see.
This is the change I want to see.
Text of the speech available here
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Big, huge WORD. This election is not about women vs. blacks or even Democratic vs. Republican vs. Independent-Whatever. It's about knowing we need a change and we have to work through our shit before we can get one.
I need an Obama icon.
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Pretty much, yo.
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