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16 ottobre Million Man March, Detroit StyleI'll never forget the day of the Million Man March, 11 years ago today. I was in my 4th year of college at the University of Michigan and it was only on the day itself that I realized that my tendency toward letting my school work pile up was a poor excuse for missing part of history. Of course, I'd decided I couldn't go anyway because I found the "men only" nature of the event to be silly, potentially divisive, and disrespectful of my Nubian queens. At the very least we could have doubled the tally for a 2 million person march, right? I watched the television coverage with my fellow Afro-centrists at the Black Student Union. Here is what I remember:
So now I look back and ask myself what was accomplished. I think for anyone who went, the experience had to be powerful, and probably there were many who were changed once they realized the responsibility and potential of their lives. So maybe those individual changes continue to ripple through our community today, motivating us to strive and seek redemption for our people as a whole. But the effect is smaller than I would have hoped, and I hear less about the march today than I would expect for such a significant event. I think we have several stages to go through before our culture reaches a level of organization and unity that would permit us to act purposefully as a collective to control our own destiny. Anyway, until recently, Detroit had over a million Black people, so every day there was a march of a million. Maybe we can get Jesse or Obama or Mandela or Al or somebody to come down to the D and get the city marching until we find whatever the answer is for undoing these last few centuries. Commenti (2)Per aggiungere un commento, accedi con il tuo Windows Live ID (se utilizzi Hotmail, Messenger o Xbox LIVE possiedi già un Windows Live ID). Accedi Non hai ancora un Windows Live ID? Registrati
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