tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151228711765835079.post8776499472124800680..comments2023-05-01T10:34:10.775-04:00Comments on free convection: promised land?Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11194848676423219445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151228711765835079.post-77347915179386540142008-10-31T12:22:00.000-04:002008-10-31T12:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for the personal comments, jfishjosh. It's...Thanks for the personal comments, jfishjosh. <BR/><BR/>It's critical that any time we name the faults of others, we first name our own faults. Some members of the black community have done this well, others have not.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194848676423219445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4151228711765835079.post-83796776952884390982008-10-31T01:01:00.000-04:002008-10-31T01:01:00.000-04:00I don't know. The passage you've provided from MLK...I don't know. The passage you've provided from MLK reminds me of some of things I heard from speeches by Jeremiah Wright during this past election cycle. Something to consider looking at is the concept of "black liberation theology". It holds that God's "chosen people" are any people in suffering or bondage, and that liberation movement holds very firmly that the black community is being oppressed and that they are God's chosen among the oppressive whites. Interesting stuff...<BR/><BR/>In high school, I was beat up and hazed quite a number of times in track and field by the black kids on the team. They used a lot of racial slurs and insisted that I deserved it because of slavery in the 1800s. It was a painful and tough experience and it ultimately drove me away from the track team for my junior and senior years. Just wanted to share that since you are talking on issues of race.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04031472001835083334noreply@blogger.com