tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post113893872761332059..comments2023-10-17T09:51:39.667-06:00Comments on Seven: Searching Hard in Pursuit of NothingSevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17643893888470966419noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1139455884030550802006-02-08T21:31:00.000-06:002006-02-08T21:31:00.000-06:00Steve,Rapped out in language that is decisive and ...Steve,<BR/>Rapped out in language that is decisive and real. I find this view prevalent among many of my friends with white skin.<BR/>I do agree with your description of the remarkably myopic view of the NPR (national public radio) crowd of "I'm sure sorry I have white skin, may I continue to treat you as though you need help because your skin color is darker than mine......please let me love you and help you because you are a skin color minority and obvioulsy need lots of help and please, please forgive me and let me bow down to the unworthy gods, because I'm only white. It plays out daily on NPR.<BR/>If everyone would just shut the heck up and understand that color of your skin means nothing...and I mean it; nothing....<BR/>MLK said "judge a man by the content of his character, not by the color of his skin"...can it get any simpler or magnificently worded than that?Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643893888470966419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1139435354983274142006-02-08T15:49:00.000-06:002006-02-08T15:49:00.000-06:00The liberals among the leftists seem to feel that ...The liberals among the leftists seem to feel that if you keep stabbing a wound it will heal. The leftists among the liberals seem to feel that if you keep that wound bleeding you can use it to gain power and control.<BR/><BR/>And the black people I know seem to feel that white liberals who grovel and apologize for simply being white are pathetic little doormats who don't deserve any respect. And I tend to agree.Memphishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636056194130886380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1139164718839515462006-02-05T12:38:00.000-06:002006-02-05T12:38:00.000-06:00Thanks for the thoughtful comment.Your next to las...Thanks for the thoughtful comment.<BR/>Your next to last paragraph adds a great deal of clarity to what I was attempting to articulate.<BR/>I think the flow of conversation re: importance v dialog does in fact does work both ways.<BR/>I already got you bookmarked...:-)Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643893888470966419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1139153283248585082006-02-05T09:28:00.000-06:002006-02-05T09:28:00.000-06:00Excellent post, sir. I think the first movie I re...Excellent post, sir. I think the first movie I remember seeing Mr. Freeman in was Glory; one of my all time favorites.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I had never considered the notion that we ought to just stop talking about race, but it is brilliance. I suppose there is a correlation between how important something is and how much it is discussed, the question remains though: Does the importance drive the dialog, or does the dialog create the sense of importance? Or does it work both ways?<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, we are all human, we all come from some spot in West Africa where Homo Sapiens first arose. Our ancestors, scattered to the four corners of the Earth have been alternately changing as individual groups in response to evolutionary pressure and then co-mingling to redistribute all the goodies.<BR/><BR/>OT: Thanks for swinging by my blog, please make yourself at home.LC Scottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372776060364698141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138999191927491142006-02-03T14:39:00.000-06:002006-02-03T14:39:00.000-06:00Thats a very graceful articulaton my friend.Ebony ...Thats a very graceful articulaton my friend.<BR/>Ebony or Ivory....blindness can be a blessingSevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643893888470966419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138997499293454502006-02-03T14:11:00.000-06:002006-02-03T14:11:00.000-06:00Morgan Freeman has a very appropriate surname. Lik...Morgan Freeman has a very appropriate surname. Like Rick, I have enjoyed his acting and his humanity for years. His eyes don't lie. I think the reason that the race card is played so often by so many is that these folks are not yet free. I am stirred by the Freemans and others who tell it like it should be, even Cosby when he gets on about what young people should be learning and doing with their lives. I adopted two mixed race children- girl then boy, and I'm scared to death as they grow, they might not hear what Morgan is saying to them. My job is to make sure they do, because one day, it will be their job to tell their children. Person to person, generation to generation, like a new underground railroad. Thanks, Rick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138996184852437412006-02-03T13:49:00.000-06:002006-02-03T13:49:00.000-06:00I have loved his acting for many years. I place Mr...I have loved his acting for many years. I place Mr. Freeman and Anthony Hopkins in a distinct and separate acting league.<BR/>(Even though they are different colors...hehehe)pakzbSevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643893888470966419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138995596561802152006-02-03T13:39:00.000-06:002006-02-03T13:39:00.000-06:00I wish more people would open their hearts and ado...I wish more people would open their hearts and adopt as you did -I like you even more now Rick! Did you ever see "Bruce Almighty"? Morgan Freeman plays God. A cool, loving, fair, humorous God. Excellent.Minnesota Nicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00114323395915699960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138995100058483642006-02-03T13:31:00.000-06:002006-02-03T13:31:00.000-06:00Mr. NastyI did not say race is wrong. I said race ...Mr. Nasty<BR/>I did not say race is wrong. I said race is not.<BR/>In my view what you describe would be expressed as learning from and sharing with other people; not learning from and sharing with other people of different colors and races.<BR/>One piece of advice that Mr. Freeman gave Mr. Wallace in this recent interview is that they should know one another simply as Mr. Freeman or Mr. Wallace, not as black Mr. Freeman or white Mr. Wallace.<BR/>There is nothing wrong with race. In my view this would be impossible as you would be finding fault with something that does not exist. That's impossible and it is the point.<BR/>The black leaders that are currently excoriating Mr. Freeman are so wrapped up in the color of their own skin that they have mistakenly come to believe that it matters. This is one of two things: Diminished sense of self or racial prejudice.<BR/>Mr. Freeman has escaped this suffocating and unresolvable trap and I commend him.Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643893888470966419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138991720752407062006-02-03T12:35:00.000-06:002006-02-03T12:35:00.000-06:00Why can't we love the differences.We are all conne...Why can't we love the differences.We are all connected to the same loving source walking around in all different shades of colors, with different back grounds and heritage. Why can't we celebrate the differences. If we were all the same how boring would that be. I learn from people who are different from me. The people who come from different places and look different than me have a lot to teach me. I find joy in the fact that we are a coat of many colors. The question for me is why can't the people on the planet celebrate the many differences and not be in fear of it. Why is race wrong???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138979340498301682006-02-03T09:09:00.000-06:002006-02-03T09:09:00.000-06:00You are a gem Colin, and the pleasure is all mine....You are a gem Colin, and the pleasure is all mine.<BR/>God's careSevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643893888470966419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138979002186943542006-02-03T09:03:00.000-06:002006-02-03T09:03:00.000-06:00I'm glad I found you Rick, I truly I am (or did yo...I'm glad I found you Rick, I truly I am (or did you find me?). I offer you fart stories, and you offer me a stepping stone that might change my perception of every day life. It seems an unfair trade but I'm not complaining.<BR/><BR/>We are very much a multicultural society here in London. I 'feel' I am not racist, but I have never known how to express it, or conceptualize it, until just a few moments ago.<BR/><BR/>I have a mental image now of the Martians landing and separating us into groups guided by their perception of what is 'different'. Fat ones over there, thin ones here, tall on the right, short on the left, with never a thought for skin tone.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, have a "super" bowl!!Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128469969498904642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138975043876980292006-02-03T07:57:00.000-06:002006-02-03T07:57:00.000-06:00Stacy and Grant,Thank yu for the supportive commen...Stacy and Grant,<BR/>Thank yu for the supportive comments. God's care, and have a wonderful weekend.<BR/>(Super Bowl!)Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17643893888470966419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138971107429430442006-02-03T06:51:00.000-06:002006-02-03T06:51:00.000-06:00I heard that Mr. Freeman had said that and I thoug...I heard that Mr. Freeman had said that and I thought "Excellent! Truer words were never spoken!" :)<BR/><BR/>Great post, Rick! :)Stacy The Peanut Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444045043505984253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17581352.post-1138945903291670422006-02-02T23:51:00.000-06:002006-02-02T23:51:00.000-06:00Say what you want, but I still think Asian women a...Say what you want, but I still think Asian women are really hot. Stay away from my dentist. I saw her first.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise I'm with you.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040058320473775641noreply@blogger.com