RMAN4443 wrote:That FACT was corrected ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE years ago....none of this "Today's younger Black generation" were ever enslaved, their parents were never enslaved, their grandparents were never enslaved, and most likely their great grandparents were never enslaved.....
I don't understand how you became C-Bids spokesman for what Black people want....how do Black people feel about you using the moniker Huck Finn...a fictional character,yes, but the book uses the "N" word 219 times...isn't you using that character in referring to yourself offensive to at least some black people?
And today's younger Jewish generation were never systematically murdered. So I guess they shouldn't have any thoughts on the subject of their great great grandparents being gassed. Well, strong thoughts anyway as it was years ago according to your way of thinking.
But, really?
The Bosnians and Serbs. Bygones?
Holodomor: where millions of Ukrainians were massacred by Russians.
Dudes, just get over it?
The Cambodian, Armenian, Rwandan, Greek, Bangladesh GENOCIDES...yesterday's news?
So is there a window for how long a people have to mourn and must then let stuff go?
Maybe. But who the **** am I, or you to tell them when?
I'm not the spokesman for anything or anybody. Cept me of course. I just disagree with many of the prevailing opinions at cbid. Like I said, you want to use the N word? Use it!
As regards Twain and Huckleberry Finn, we've talked about this before, right?
From:
http://www.byzantinecommunications.com/adamhoward/homework/college/racialhuckfinn.html
Each of Huck and Jim’s adventures bring Huck closer to the realization that there is something wrong with society’s view of blacks. Finally, Huck pulls out a sheet of paper and pens a letter to Miss Watson to tell her that he has her slave Jim. At first he thinks he feels good about himself; he believes he has finally followed his "conscience."
To put his feelings into action, Huck decides that he will definitely help Jim to escape from slavery. From this point, he doesn’t care how much society might resent him for it. It feels right to him, and he will do it. This action goes contrary to the social norms. A white was never expected to care about a black, much less to help one escape. But Huck did just that. Huck has opened his mind to the view that slavery is wrong; he has taken a big step in this direction. In this manner, Huck Finn attacks the social norm of slavery in specific, and racism in general.
Like I told you before, when I had to pick a cbid handle I was reading Trains autobiography...I liked that Huckleberry smoked...
Btw, PBS just broadcast a show Mark Twain.
It's narrated by the Black actor Keith David.
I have no clue as to why we're still
....this conversation is futile, right?
Do you want to be able to use the N word? Use it!