Comments on: Live With Legends – Julian Bond and Cornel West

By: Renee / TeachMoore

Renee / TeachMoore — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:49:08 +0000

Although I’m sorry I wasn’t sitting there with you, thank you for the report. There was much wisdom present in that room. At this point in our history we need to spend some time looking at the present through the lessons of the past. Historic as the election was, the struggle ain’t over–ask Henry Gates.

By: Elissa

Elissa — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:26:00 +0000

Thank you for sharing this, it was so interesting!

My favorite point was “Blackness is not rightness. Blackness is beautiful, but it doesn’t always mean it’s right.” We so often presume that what is like us must be right. Why must different always equal bad? Diversity is a value in itself.

I also like the piece about self-made men can’t exist. I think that’s important for adolescents of every race to see- you can’t make it alone but there are people who want to help you.

By: Graham Wegner

Graham Wegner — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:51:25 +0000

“NAACP chose democracy.” From a non-American looking into your part of the world via this blog, that is a telling quote that underlines the fact that meaningful change for the good is never a quick process or an easy one. Thanks for the summary and helping me to broaden my world view. Cheers from Adelaide, Australia – Graham.

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Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:12:17 +0000

[...] vestments. The noted Social Gospelist Cornel West engaged fellow traveller Julian Bond in a “conversation” at a Union Square Barnes and Nobles Bookstore in New York City on July 15th, 2009. Yet only [...]

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By: Amauri T.

Amauri T. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:02:17 +0000

Thanks for the summary Jose. Despite working just across the street I missed the event. I’m simply too hooked on the baby boy to spare the hours right now, and I’m sure there will be other chances to hear West speak in person. In case you missed it I thought Dr. West and colleagues also delivered in this appearance…

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07032009/profile.html

By: Charles McGee

Charles McGee — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:30:55 +0000

Great. What I would think that Bond and West were addressing is that Barach H. Obama, the Indonesian Islamic, knows nothing and appreciates nothing relative to the ‘back of the bus experience’ or the demise of Black Wall Street. If you allow yourself to understand the cultural experience of a person shaped by tribal Hawaiin and Indonesian culture you would see that nothing that has had meaning for those defined in HR 40, the reparations bill, you would know that we need a Black thinking president, not a Black representative of the Stanford/Harvard cabal. West thinks Black. West understands Black Wall Street.

By: Lucky Star

Lucky Star — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:42:52 +0000

Julian Bond is correct about Obama: Just because he is black, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he is going to always come out on the right side of issues. In fact, his position and policies on education in this country are completely wrongheaded, as he supports the push for charter schools. The very schools that are placing this country in the position of supporting two separate and unequal school systems that are both supported with taxpayer dollars. In other words, Obama is helping to create a new, pre-Brown vs. The Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas situation.

By: ms_teacher

ms_teacher — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:18:32 +0000

I’m envious! Enjoyed reading about what these two had to say.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:23:51 +0000

Julian Bond even trying to criticize President Obama is an irony in and of itself. I’ll refrain from saying anything else. You know, since I’m probably one of those “out of touch” people that doesn’t understand the world that “I” live in.

Good notes Jose, thanks!