Waging WAR on Ignorance, Intolerance & Injustice!
Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of “The Color Purple”, was born in Eatontown, GA, on this date in 1944.
Leroy “Satchel” Paige was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on this date in 1971. Paige became the first player from the Negro League to receive this honor.
Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. became the first Black astronaut to take a spacewalk on this date in 1995.
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“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” — Alice Walker
(That one is kind of a no-brainer, Alice. I know I’d have a hard time calling someone like that “friend”. It sounds to me a little more like politics/diplomacy, where they call someone an “ally”, and then smile as they have to eat a shit sandwich. Be well and do good, friends. And don’t forget, yer uncle encourages comments!) — YUR
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“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.” — Alice Walker
(A beautiful and remarkable author. She has the heart of a lion, and will speak out on any number of injustices. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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“Everyone brings us something of value, even if it seems totally negative to us at the time we receive it.” — Alice Walker
(Even if it’s just coming away from that person/situation knowing that that is NOT how you treat another person! Hopefully, it won’t be that extreme, but . . . Sometimes it’s just a matter of better understanding the person’s point of view, when it’s contrary to your own. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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“It may be half full of water, precious in itself, but in the other half there’s a rainbow that could exist only in the vacant space.” — Alice Walker
(So, take THAT, you half-empty pessimists! LOL! Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
“Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming.” — Alice Walker
(Then don’t be dreaming of a future of do-nothing-ism! Because that kind of present is destructive. Be well and do well, friends.) — YUR
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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker
Cover of Alice Walker
(And this, unfortunately, is not entirely by accident. The people in positions of power, and the governmental systems themselves, foster and encourage the feelings of powerlessness. They want the majority of us to be a combination of: scared, humbled, and dependent. When you are scared, humbled and dependent you DO have NO power. Don’t allow yourself to fall into these traps, because you DO have power. All of us DO. They can only hold power over us . . . if we let them. Think for yourself. Question authority. Resist dependence and complacency. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
Reading and talking about “Why War is Never a Good Idea” and “There’s a Flower at the End of My Nose Smelling Me” With my permission, this photo will be used on Wikipedia at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walker. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Yes, mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.” — Alice Walker
(Looks like this is the first Alice Walker quotation since I’ve been posting these spoilers! I think it’s very healthy for children to see that their parents are only human. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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