Damn! Our president just said, "We draw strength from our African heritage"

[Empowerer]

Everytime I think I've gotten used to all of this, something else happens that makes me just say, "Damn!"

"You can do that. Yes, you can!"

Damn.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Harumph. What about those of us who draw strength from Scottish heritage and Bailey's Sloppish Ale?

I guess that wouldn't play well in Ghana.

[Empowerer]

3. Who said it has to be either/or

We have long praised our nation's European heritage, nothing wrong with that. It's just nice to have our African heritage acknowledged at long last by the President of the United States.

But if you have a problem with that, well . . .

[Buzz Clik]

5. Do you, in your heart of hearts, ...

... see any sincerity in my post at all?

[uponit7771]

7. I don't, I know where you're coming from but I've found we still have to put the /sarcasm tag

...at the end of statements due to what I feel are some freeperish post.

[Empowerer]

8. Given some of the posts I've seen here, I assumed you were being serious

I apologize if I was mistaken.

[Buzz Clik]

9. I was hoping that "finding strength from Bailey's Sloppish Ale" was the giveaway.

But I understand your sensitivity. A lot of ugly are said at DU.

[Number23]

35. Honey, given some of the posts we ALL have seen around this place in the last few weeks

your confusion was completely justified. Hopefully Buzz will forgive you. :)

I think all of us with melanin and even alot of DUers without melanin have been shocked, saddened and disgusted by some of the things that have been posted here lately.

[Cha]

30. Buzz is just

harrumphing.:)

[Buzz Clik]

39. True enough. It's no longer cool to be Scottish. A trend that has lasted ....

about 300 years so far.

:cry:

[Cha]

41. I think it's way cool to be

Scottish~ I have a wee bit of that myself. Nothing beats a Scottish accent.

[starroute]

15. Don't we all get to share in all of them?

Maybe it's because I come from a long line of Eastern European Jews without even a hint of anything else to break up the monotony -- but from the time I was in my teens, I've secretly believed that simply being human gives me the right to everybody else's heritage by adoption.

So, yes, I do draw strength from my share in the African heritage that is all of ours -- its resiliency and cultural variety, its brilliance in music and public speaking, its deep sense of the spiritual power that is inherent in all things, its 8000 generations of accumulated wisdom.

Whatever we as humans have done once, we can do again. Whatever we have survived in the past, we can survive now. Whatever lessons we have learned and then forgotten, we can be reminded of by those who still remember.

And that is a source of strength for all of us.

[Buzz Clik]

29. I do believe that is what Obama was saying.

[Politicub]

20. Don't forget Poland /sarcasm

:eyes:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Since humanity evolved out of Africa, you

can say that we draw everything from Africa.

[Katidid]

14. So true ....

Not everyone knows, cares or understands the genetic research completed a couple of years ago. We are all one and originated from Africa.

I found the genetic research documentary absolutely fascinating.

[Name removed]

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[Uzybone]

21. Wow

you've been on DU for many years with this kind of attitude?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

26. That person's comments have been deleted

Alert is your friend. :)

Thank you for making the comment to him. I was a little stunned at what he said, for it didn't really make sense.

[Deja Q]

23. Based on inference and speculation; simulated carbon dating tests are guesswork too you know.

Why not focus on the present? For all of us. Here and now.

Like the President himself has said, it's "We need to look forward".

Unless there's a context I am unaware of, of course.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

24. My point was

we are all one. For centuries, Africa has been exploited, its inhabitants denigrated by Europeans and European descendants. When one realizes the first steps of homonids were likely in Africa, and the most giant leaps in evolution took place there or near there, it shows the strength of Africa goes back far into history.

[Empowerer]

25. Case and point: the historical myth that Egypt is not really in Africa

but in the "Middle East.". Natives of Egypt aren't African, but "Egyptian."

The unquestionable, uneraseable and undeniable proof of African brilliance and innovation that Egypt offered (the pyramids, embalming, pharaohs, etc.) Made it necessary to annex Egypt and convince people that it was not African.

Why? Because it impossible to enslave and denigrate for long people who know they are majestic and beautiful descendants of kings and queens whose civilization was centuries ahead of that of the ancestors of their captors.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

27. BINGO!!!!

That's exactly right. Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Orsino]

40. It's also impossible to enslave and denigrate people who know...

...that kings and queens everywhere are a hoax perpetrated on us by the powerful.

[Number23]

36. Beautifully said, ayesha

I've loved many of your posts and these are spot on.

We'd love to have you come check us out in AAIG. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=258. Hope to see you there sometimes. :hi:

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. I'll let you know if there are any repercussions.

Anytime someone casts a dark shadow on these fair folks, I generally notice it through their brooding looks. The days after 9/11 were downright scary.

[uponit7771]

6. K&R, .....somewhere a racist bastards head is exploding

[Buzz Clik]

10. With any luck, a lot of heads.

[Forkboy]

11. uh oh

:rofl:

[HopeOverFear]

12. Did he give a speech there?

[TankLV]

13. cue pigboy, insanity, bork in 3, 2, 1...

well - he's given the IDIOT Wing Nuts more fodder for at least a WEEK of rants...

[BlooInBloo]

16. Can't wait to listen to white folks telling me how racist he is on Monday.

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[BlooInBloo]

33. That's "race traitor" to you, thank you very much.

[burning rain]

17. None of us would be here in the first place were it not for our African ancestors.

Given the African origin of our species.

[Pharlo]

22. The history of the United States would be VASTLY

different without the presence of the slaves. Would there even BE a US without the slaves? Who would have worked the fields? Would there have been a Civil War? Would we have had the Civil Rights movement? That's just the political arena - can you imagine our culture without the rich diversity that the African influence brought to the US?

Yes, we, as a nation, DO draw strength from our African heritage. To say otherwise is just denial.

[Number23]

38. Best post in this thread.

can you imagine our culture without the rich diversity that the African influence brought to the US?

No, I really couldn't. :)

[Cha]

28. I bet they do..I would

too!

[BlooInBloo]

31. I knew it!!! He's going to enslave me!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

32. He's the coolest

[Sultana]

34. Proud African here!

:bounce:


:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

I miss you, Mama Africa.

[Honeycombe8]

37. I draw strength from my French heritage. nt