tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post719743438548584537..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Alice Walker's Native connectionsRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-40255565404073463602009-07-19T05:04:38.718-07:002009-07-19T05:04:38.718-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-56592556760511099962009-07-19T01:38:12.859-07:002009-07-19T01:38:12.859-07:00"In other words, I won't let you hijack t..."In other words, I won't let you hijack this posting to bolster your right-wing ego."<br /><br />I'm not right wing seeing as I support such things as gay marriage and drug legalization but okay I'll post them over there.Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57343850930637672332009-07-18T23:50:46.903-07:002009-07-18T23:50:46.903-07:00As for your comments, Stephen...no, I won't le...As for your comments, Stephen...no, I won't let you answer my comments on another posting here. I deleted them and moved them to their proper place.<br /><br />In other words, I won't let you hijack this posting to bolster your right-wing ego. Post your comments on the <a href="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/2009/02/us-nation-of-cowards-on-race.html" rel="nofollow">original posting</a> or don't post them at all.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-23770516670224641282009-07-18T22:36:26.145-07:002009-07-18T22:36:26.145-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-19239487307182632892009-07-17T16:06:50.437-07:002009-07-17T16:06:50.437-07:00I did allow for some ambiguity as to whether or no...I did allow for some ambiguity as to whether or not Cuba is mostly black. Last time I researched it, there were different ways to count it.<br /><br />I read "Color Purple" years ago. I remember that I liked the movie more than the book, and that the big blank underlines in the book were distracting during the reading experience.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-67341517459690848142009-07-17T07:19:53.190-07:002009-07-17T07:19:53.190-07:00True, Walker sounds naive about Castro's crime...True, Walker sounds naive about Castro's crimes against his people. But as I said in the comments on <a href="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/2009/02/us-nation-of-cowards-on-race.html" rel="nofollow">US = "Nation of Cowards" on Race</a>, Cuba's racial situation is more complex than you're making it out to be.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-72149659819416882022009-07-17T03:19:10.529-07:002009-07-17T03:19:10.529-07:00"Years later, when we reconnected in Cuba, wh..."Years later, when we reconnected in Cuba, where we had gone to deliver medicines and to meet with Fidel Castro, who seemed to know as much about Indian concerns as we did"<br /><br />A "concerned" man whose underlings instituted genocide against the Miskito (Natives) in eastern Nicaragua during the 1980s?<br /><br />I wonder if Walker overlooked that Cuba, which is mostly black by some accounts, has blacks entirely shut out of power by an absolute dictatorship that is now sort of a hereditary monarchy: led by two white brothers.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com