tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post6155875006161934845..comments2023-04-30T06:18:26.216-04:00Comments on bLoG.bLaKtivist.com: On HAITI: Dear Journalists, Looting Doesn't Exist in a DISASTER AreabLaKtivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06915003530759342159noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-76288057704180626402010-03-27T20:30:30.139-04:002010-03-27T20:30:30.139-04:00What an amazing post. Words are so powerful, and I...What an amazing post. Words are so powerful, and I appreciate how much you gave me to think about. Thank you.Melissahttp://www.tandemteaching.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-28665268684565019572010-03-25T02:33:49.223-04:002010-03-25T02:33:49.223-04:00thoughtful, provocative and insightful. thank you....thoughtful, provocative and insightful. thank you...Queeniehttp://www.tandemteaching.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-47837973886034368912010-01-22T03:05:26.734-05:002010-01-22T03:05:26.734-05:00@Julian: I am so grateful for you gracious words. ...@Julian: I am so grateful for you gracious words. It has already been cross posted on OaklandLocal.com. I think your link to this piece is helpful.<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />Ya'll should read --> <a href="http://www.alicewalkersblog.com/2010/01/re-haiti-passing-on-to-you-something.html" rel="nofollow"><b>THIS</b></a>bLaKtivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06915003530759342159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-14663670199573681282010-01-22T01:01:20.059-05:002010-01-22T01:01:20.059-05:00Thank you for your emotional honesty, analysis of ...Thank you for your emotional honesty, analysis of history, and passionate appeal to a more just expression of compassion, rooted in empathy, not othering, for those (of us) who suffer and survive.<br /><br />May I cross-post this writing with its video and other links, without comments, on my blog? Or would you prefer I only link to it instead? I am trying to bring many anti-racist, Julian Realhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02933612851144914687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-7997554145849333162010-01-21T18:00:28.118-05:002010-01-21T18:00:28.118-05:00I have included a link to your piece in my blog! ...I have included a link to your piece in my blog! =)Felicia Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09818959964833434203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-89974419609305125422010-01-20T22:08:12.685-05:002010-01-20T22:08:12.685-05:00Just as calling some immigrants 'illegal' ...Just as calling some immigrants 'illegal' works to obscure the transnational political and economic factors forcing many, including Haitians, to seek safter ground, calling blacks looters and whites finders perpetuates the power imbalance in favor of those who currently have it.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15694500560697669686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-27434718967044797652010-01-20T14:16:24.901-05:002010-01-20T14:16:24.901-05:00@psepsis: I saw your tweet re: Haiti and Greece. I...@psepsis: I saw your tweet re: Haiti and Greece. I did not know. Thank you for sharing this! Folks need to know that kind of information. It can change a person's perspective.<br /><br />@ZAYID! Thank you so much for reading! And for stepping up my historical knowledge! I appreciate you up and coming elders of mine! So grateful for the support. Folks really have no idea. Few talk about how bLaKtivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06915003530759342159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-84695549360590293322010-01-20T14:07:58.889-05:002010-01-20T14:07:58.889-05:00Hey Krys, I enjoyed your article. It makes a
&quo...Hey Krys, I enjoyed your article. It makes a <br />"Militant in Remission" feel good to know that <br />the next generation's watching. If you don't mind <br />a word or two from an up & coming Elder, i'd like<br />to share a little info. w/u. First of all Haiti's <br />condition is by design. For 205yrs (maybe 206) Haiti has been RESTRAINED. Very few people talk www.facebook/ Zayid Blackmoornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-43291704671552794582010-01-20T05:53:53.545-05:002010-01-20T05:53:53.545-05:00Very well said. Greetings from Greece that should ...Very well said. Greetings from Greece that should be grateful to the Haitian nation, the first to recognise our independence as early as in 1822, and even tried to fund our revolution -despite their poverty- and help by sending some of their troops.psephishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160256412392958997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-37098215357272016952010-01-19T13:50:54.701-05:002010-01-19T13:50:54.701-05:00This is a great post and it cannot be said enough ...This is a great post and it cannot be said enough that calling what is going on looting smacks of racism and a failure to acknowledge western culpability. Continue to say it loud and proud.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388113393817266374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-26068405668590316332010-01-19T13:30:12.049-05:002010-01-19T13:30:12.049-05:00Thanks everyone for the positive affirmation!
Thi...Thanks everyone for the positive affirmation!<br /><br />This will be re-posted to OaklandLocal.com :)<br /><br />Thanks Autumn for that link!bLaKtivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06915003530759342159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-83429132929892440432010-01-19T04:50:13.197-05:002010-01-19T04:50:13.197-05:00wonderful! Thanks for writing it.wonderful! Thanks for writing it.EvolvingContradiction7https://www.blogger.com/profile/08590810476505436883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-20116193122927908472010-01-18T11:59:42.680-05:002010-01-18T11:59:42.680-05:00Beautifully written. Your sentiments are felt two-...Beautifully written. Your sentiments are felt two-fold.knowledgehttp://studwithswag.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-10493079333188617822010-01-18T11:20:44.886-05:002010-01-18T11:20:44.886-05:00great writing krys. have you seen this? http://www...great writing krys. have you seen this? http://www.gregpalast.com/the-right-testicle-of-hell-history-of-a-haitian-holocaust/<br /><br />autumnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-51453628683463381622010-01-18T04:05:19.004-05:002010-01-18T04:05:19.004-05:00thank you for writing this. ABSOLUTELY agree.thank you for writing this. ABSOLUTELY agree.margotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063214943131172499.post-34024110566068033752010-01-18T02:17:00.891-05:002010-01-18T02:17:00.891-05:00Excellently written. I agree with and applaud you...Excellently written. I agree with and applaud your perspective and analysis.<br /><br />"As world citizens, we fail OURSELVES if we do not learn the history."<br /><br />Yes, always!Felicia Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09818959964833434203noreply@blogger.com