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2008.03.17: March 17, 2008: Headlines: Election2008 - Obama: Speaking Out: Fog City Journal: h. brown writes: Obama’s mom reminds me so much of my own daughter. Barack’s mom joined the U.N. My daughter joined the Peace Corps
h. brown writes: Obama’s mom reminds me so much of my own daughter. Barack’s mom joined the U.N. My daughter joined the Peace Corps
Obama’s mom reminds me so much of my own daughter. Barack’s mom joined the U.N. My daughter joined the Peace Corps. Neither ever worked anything but a life of service to America and the needy people of the world (my daughter went from Peace Corps to America Corps and then back to Peace Corps). I want my grandkids to spend the next 8 years of their development thinking that having a black President of the United States is the most natu
h. brown writes: Obama’s mom reminds me so much of my own daughter. Barack’s mom joined the U.N. My daughter joined the Peace Corps
Court Jesterings: Racism is passé in a multi-racial society
By h. brown
March 17, 2008
My grandson looks like Barack Obama. He really does (my grandson, that is). I was sitting and reading (what I do most of the time) and I came across a picture supplied by Barack’s half-sister (half-Indonesian) of their mom and Barack at around 2 years of age. I was struck by the similarities between Barack (taken some 44 years ago) and my grandson, Wesley who is at 2 years of age my oldest grandson next to my youngest grandson, Damian Ryder Brown (‘Doc’ – my son’s boy who’s the only Caucasian kid in the line) … multi-racial, the new Zeitgeist.
Kamala Harris is multi-racial. Elaine Santore is multi-racial. My granddaughter, Tandiwe is. Tiger Woods is. Derek Jeter is. It shouldn’t be a big deal anymore, but it is.
I want my grandkids to spend the next 8 years of their development thinking that having a black President of the United States is the most natural thing in the world. I want my white grandson to think the same thing. I want America to think it too.
Obama’s mom reminds me so much of my own daughter. Barack’s mom joined the U.N. My daughter joined the Peace Corps. Neither ever worked anything but a life of service to America and the needy people of the world (my daughter went from Peace Corps to America Corps and then back to Peace Corps).
I thought these things as I hung out on my balcony (OK, it’s a Tenderloin fire escape) and watched the St. Patrick’s Day Parade go under my perch. The first ranks had the cops and an Asian woman of color at the head. The black cops walking with her seemed normal now because my grandkids are black and they are 50 percent Irish. I read a book once that said that 25 percent of American black folks have American Indian blood in them. We’re multi racial and should stop listening to the reactionary voices like Sen. Hillary Clinton and her supporters who think that any person of color who has a top job or candidacy is there due to some racial quota (thanks, Diaz).
“Superman never made any money, spent his life changing his clothes in dirty telephone booths.”
(From Superman’s funeral – Crash Test Dummies)
I’m probably one of the poorest people in town, money wise. But, I live like a king due to the kindness of my friends and the fact that I know when I’m in the best place I could possibly be at this point in my life, beyond anything I could have even imagined (especially, given my poverty).
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