tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post114348115327682230..comments2023-12-25T01:26:27.096-07:00Comments on Radical Goddess Thealogy: YOU asked FOR ITAthanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143523711276566062006-03-27T22:28:00.000-07:002006-03-27T22:28:00.000-07:00That's the question - do you go along to get along...That's the question - do you go along to get along, or do you stand up for what you believe and take the consequences? If you're a Jewish musician in a concentration camp, do you play for the Nazis and stay alive, or piss them off?<BR/><BR/>I know what I hope I'd do. You don't live long that way, though, or you have to fight like hell to stay alive. I've fought the system and it kicked my ass. I Morgainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074112467402675609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143508213607125982006-03-27T18:10:00.000-07:002006-03-27T18:10:00.000-07:00Morgaine, you've said so much good, interesing stu...Morgaine, you've said so much good, interesing stuff I don't know where to begin. "... we need to demand most from those with options and resources..." <BR/><BR/>I so agree! And yet this is a crux in our society. Cousin Hal would, I'm sure, decidedly *disagree.* He would say it doesn't matter what you begin with, unless you end the race alongside everyone else, there's something wrong with Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143506617389773972006-03-27T17:43:00.000-07:002006-03-27T17:43:00.000-07:00Anne, in one of my past lives I taught 6th grade f...Anne, in one of my past lives I taught 6th grade for a few years, mostly black kids. I told them their English was stupendous and gorgeous, but that they needed to learn "standard English" *too* (not "instead of"), to get nice jobs. So we did a lot of practice with "standard English."Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143495894330034992006-03-27T14:44:00.000-07:002006-03-27T14:44:00.000-07:00I think there's plenty of failure to go around. Th...I think there's plenty of failure to go around. There will always be people who cannot care for themselves. A functional society provides for them and allows them ways to contribute whatever they can. <BR/><BR/>We DO need higher standards in this country, and it all comes down to education. I don't agree with making English the official language, but I do think that a person who lives in a Morgainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074112467402675609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143492569990790212006-03-27T13:49:00.000-07:002006-03-27T13:49:00.000-07:00Professor Cosby is entitled to his opinion, and ce...Professor Cosby is entitled to his opinion, and certainly has more cachet to talk about black folks than I do. But as an expatriate hillbilly who substitute teaches at an inner city high school, I can only say that I'm fascinated by Ebonics. It has its own grammar and pronunciation and is as different from my English as a thick Scottish brogue. My students can't understand me any better than I Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.com