tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post9129426226291897737..comments2024-03-22T05:48:26.129-05:00Comments on Braves & Birds: A Brief Political DigressionMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-29742896622255502412008-04-25T05:43:00.000-05:002008-04-25T05:43:00.000-05:00The lack of slavery and jim crow, "ago", doesn't m...The lack of slavery and jim crow, "ago", doesn't make racist actions any less nasty in the present. This is part of the reason why the focus on the past where race is concerned is so ridiculous. We have problems now. We can only fix them going forward. We can't go forward while looking so intently backward. Or else we risk a bizzare ACL incident.<BR/><BR/>So I say the difference in narrative is foolish, only because the past doesn't matter in so far as racism *now* sucks ass, and no amount of legacy can change that.<BR/><BR/>Also, Obama is blowing this thing, and that would be a shame.peacedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474788565660706482noreply@blogger.com