Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

Racism In The GOP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=O0TYwTjRqb0

by Smokey545
Sat Oct 27, 2012 at 08:06 AM PDT

When the younger folks like my seventeen year old says "Dad, our generation are so past that", it may just take time to put this ugly side of our nation behind us. My friends also comment that they are hopeful for the future as they say their children to seem to be "so past that".

We have been in this place before when my father was discouraged about the racism and bigotry in the country --- Brings me back to the days of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's when my parents were very active in Civil Rights, meeting with Martin Luther King several times, father marching with Martin Luther King in the Selma march ---- so I dug out my parent's old "Odetta - For Americans" LP album that my mother gave my father many years ago that my mother inscribed on the album "To my husband, Election Year 1962 - To restore your faith in electoral democracy. Love."

So I pass onto to my parents, to my wife, to my son, my two brothers and two sisters and to you kind readers, the below 2012 musical video "Forward" to inspire you during "Election Year 2012 - to restore your faith in electoral democracy. Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMID_WXPrwo

This video inspired me to write this diary -- This week, whenever I worry about the bigotry and racism, I look at this "Forward" video over and over and realize that we can move past this period in our history and move FORWARD.

Obama inspires us. Obama's words from the video. Amazing words! **

"Forward.. We will leave no one behind .. We travel together .. We pull each other up."

What do you think is the way forward in this country to combat racism and bigotry?


There's more ..I left out stuff at the top
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/27/1151104/-Do-we-tolerate-intolerance-After-watching-Colonel-Lawrence-Wilkerson-On-Racism-In-The-GOP-Party