Happy 100 Days Pres. Obama, Et al,
I have always think of our President as President Obama, Et al (Latin et alli= and others).
When we Blacks get a Black who has been “a credit to our race” we usually associate them with our forbearers; Blacks who either started and did not finish a humanitarian cause or those whom we feel did so successfully. We have so many. The journey need not be long. The journey need not be particularly difficult for them. Rather, Just a journey perhaps as most of us would take a Sunday stroll but their strolling would take them into new neighborhoods, seeing new things, having different encounters, meeting new people, making new friends, sitting at different dinner tables thereby giving the rest of us rich vicarious experiences we could not or would not have ourselves.
We know they are having rich experiences. When they sit down to tell us their stories, we hear them. We hear each and every word. We listen carefully and we become one. We ask questions, nod our heads and at times during the recanting, we may shake their hand or, if they are close enough, a quick slap on the back. We be so happy just sitting ‘round the dining room table or clustered in the living room, listening!
When I first became aware of our President, it was during the primaries and at that time, I associated his et al., with Allan Keys and other Blacks who started out being “a credit to our race” but turning out to be quite the opposite; Just lovin’ themselves some white folk at our expense! That’s not the kind of guy I am. As a matter of fact, I do not like to be around people like that due to the fact they are so difficult to communicate with. Always trying to make me feel like I am the fool. (Smile)
I don’t know how I strayed so much with this post. This is beginning to get too personal. All I wanted to do was to wish our President a “Happy 100 Days”. We love him so much and wish him well err long.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
When we Blacks get a Black who has been “a credit to our race” we usually associate them with our forbearers; Blacks who either started and did not finish a humanitarian cause or those whom we feel did so successfully. We have so many. The journey need not be long. The journey need not be particularly difficult for them. Rather, Just a journey perhaps as most of us would take a Sunday stroll but their strolling would take them into new neighborhoods, seeing new things, having different encounters, meeting new people, making new friends, sitting at different dinner tables thereby giving the rest of us rich vicarious experiences we could not or would not have ourselves.
We know they are having rich experiences. When they sit down to tell us their stories, we hear them. We hear each and every word. We listen carefully and we become one. We ask questions, nod our heads and at times during the recanting, we may shake their hand or, if they are close enough, a quick slap on the back. We be so happy just sitting ‘round the dining room table or clustered in the living room, listening!
When I first became aware of our President, it was during the primaries and at that time, I associated his et al., with Allan Keys and other Blacks who started out being “a credit to our race” but turning out to be quite the opposite; Just lovin’ themselves some white folk at our expense! That’s not the kind of guy I am. As a matter of fact, I do not like to be around people like that due to the fact they are so difficult to communicate with. Always trying to make me feel like I am the fool. (Smile)
I don’t know how I strayed so much with this post. This is beginning to get too personal. All I wanted to do was to wish our President a “Happy 100 Days”. We love him so much and wish him well err long.
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
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