It’s no understatement to say that Black people built this country. The stature of the United States in the world today is, in large part, due to its 246 years of unpaid, enslaved labor, and I believe that remembering what got us to this point is the only way to truly understand what it means to live in this country today.
I must note that some people reading this may have come to the topic of modern Blackness, and therefore, Black history, through the national reckoning that arose last summer to realize the fact that Black lives matter. While the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor who now, too, find themselves among the ranks of our nation’s Black history represent an important point of realization for many Americans, they are but a symptom of our collective need to better understand the realities of Black history and thereby Black people.
belligerent, waging war against those that s trying to oppress you, brother. exactly. i m not looking for individuals to advise, man. they come me and i just once you come into my gravitational pull, i have no other choice but to acknowledge you. he s a smart guy. taught me a lot. that s why i say he s my spiritual coach. you will have an opportunity to read the koran. that is something you should actually read, man, as well as the autobiography of malcolm x, by alex hailey, too, brother. he s really on a journey at this point in time. and the journey that he is on is on a downward spiral. once you get trapped in the system, they tend to recycle us. so i refer him to these books to put some sound principles in his mind. and hopefully motivate him to fight the good fight.
a whole other thing. there s also the suggestion that biden is a counter balance to this president. the president is cerebral, strategic, generally sees the overall picture, whereas the vice president is engaging, tactile, and much more on the front foot. is that a fair analysis? i think that s a fair analysis. but you know what? in the end, they re still on the same page, which is the thing i like. when i hear joe biden and every single time i have heard him, he has made it very clear that the president and i are in sync. we may have our disagreements, but when we come out, we are in sync. and then he makes sure that he makes those arguments that the president is trying to get out. and i think we re blessed to have him. i really do. one of the other individuals who spoke today during the inauguration ceremony was senator lamar alexander, and he quoted alex hailey for his book malcolm x where hailey says
0 it is chilly but frankly bearable outside as the country prepares to celebrate the peaceful maintenance of power, the transferns of power from the first term administration of president barack obama to his second term administration. the president was officially sworn in by chief justice john roberts yesterday at the blue room at the white house as the first lady and the obama daughters looked on. but in the little less than two hours the president will affirm that oath before a much larger crowd with 100% more pomp and an equal proportion of circumstance. we have a stellar group of guests joining us throughout the day. honestly, to cut to the chase, it is pretty much everybody you know from msnbc. plus, visits with some members of the obama administration, folks from congress, we ll have live reports from the capitol and all along the parade route. and who knows what surprises along the way. it will be a fun day. reverend al sharpton and chris hayes are joining us onset as the day g
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