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Exactly. Its a cold fact of daily life down here on the ground.
"Poetic justice" may be a harsh term, and I certain understand his
outrage, but in my opinion, Gates pays a great deal of attention to
creating favorable and romantic histories for wealthy African
Americans, and indulging celebrity, while skirting real world black
community issues. Maybe now racial profiling will pop up on Oprah as
a problem that crosses class boundaries.
John
On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:45 AM, SYMPHORIEN FOSSI wrote:
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> This is unfortunately the daily "bread" of black people in the
> western world: I still remember the story of a young black French
> lawyer in Marseilles (France) who one day,driving her Volkswagen
> Golf to work, was stopped by a policeman who spent 30 MN checking
> all the papers for the car despite her showing her personal and work
> ID. At the end, when asked for the reason of this unusual "checking"
> the policeman replied:"Par ce que la Golf est la voiture la plus
> volée en France." meaning "because the Golf is the most stolen car
> in France". In fact in this policeman mind,a 28 years old black
> woman driving a brand new Volkswagen Golf was obviously a thug.
> Ending the institutional racism is one thing,but ending the
> individual racism is a daunting task.
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> From: VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:07 pm
> Subject: Poetic Justice?
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>> From the article: ""He was shocked to find himself being questioned
>> and shocked that the conversation continued after he showed his
>> identification," Ogletree said."
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>> What has he done to warrant this type of treatment? This could happen
>> to any of us and has happened to many of us.
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>> Compassion, unity, solidarity, anyone?
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>> This took a great deal of time."
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>> Date: Monday, July 20, 2009 9:16 pm
>> Subject: Re: A Case of forcing your own door open while Black
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>>> This is tragic, but dare I say its not without a dollop of poetic
>>> justice. Even the article speaks of his tendency to focus on
>>> "prominent U.S. blacks." Maybe he will not be called to advocacy.
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>>> John
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>>>> Henry Louis Gates Jr. arrested -- was trying to get into his own
>>> house. More details in this AP article:
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>>>> http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16029/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=frHtzPr2
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>>>> --Emilie
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