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Post by Sapphire on Aug 28, 2011 22:43:14 GMT -5
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Post by Kyng of JDs on Aug 30, 2011 10:32:00 GMT -5
I'd be interested to know how this went over...
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Post by Rare_Commodity on Aug 31, 2011 14:43:04 GMT -5
What are your feelings on the statue? news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/maya-angelou-says-memorial-makes-mlk-look-arrogant-153930799.html
..Maya Angelou says memorial makes MLK look ‘arrogant’MLK memorial (AP) Poet and author Maya Angelou says a recently unveiled monument to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is inscribed with a quote taken out of context that makes the reverend seem "arrogant." I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness, the inscription on the 30-foot-tall statue of King reads. "The quote makes Dr. Martin Luther King look like an arrogant twit," Angelou told The Washington Post's Gene Weingarten, and added that she thinks it should be changed. "He was anything but that. He was far too profound a man for that four-letter word to apply." The quote was taken from a sermon King gave shortly before his death, where he imagined what his own eulogy would sound like. "If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice," King said. "Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter." Angelou, who read a poem at Bill Clinton's first inauguration, told Weingarten that taking out the "if clause" at the beginning of the quote makes King sound conceited, as if he were praising himself for no reason. Angelou was on a committee of historians who helped choose the inscriptions, and the memorial's chief architect, Ed Jackson Jr., said that she didn't attend any of those meetings. But it also appears that the historians chose the entire quote, not the shortened version memorial officials eventually selected due to space constraints. The Washington Post's Rachel Manteuffel expanded on Angelou's criticism, noting that King's original sermon was actually "about the desire in the human spirit to be great without doing any great, difficult things. To be at the front of the pack, drawing all the attention. This is folly, King says." King admits in the sermon that he is also prone to this weakness like everyone else, but hopes that he will be remembered for fighting for noble causes and helping others, not for seeking attention. The shortened quote conveys none of that interpretive context. Angelou isn't the only one who has found fault with the four-acre, $120 million monument, which sits on the National Mall alongside monuments to Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Much of the criticism centers around the statue of King, which was controversially designed by a Chinese artist and built by Chinese workers. (Critics said an African-American artist should be chosen.) Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer objects to the 30-foot-tall statue, which was sculpted by Lei Yixin, an artist from China who has also sculpted monuments of Chairman Mao. "His flat, rigid, socialist realist King does not do justice to the supremely nuanced, creative, humane soul of its subject," Krauthammer says. The New York Times' Edward Rothstein writes that the imposing statue and choice of quotations turns "the minister into a warrior or a ruler." "The mound's isolation from any other tall objects, its enormity and Dr. King's posture all conspire to make him seem an authoritarian figure, emerging full-grown from the rock's chiseled surface, at one with the ancient forces of nature, seeming to claim their authority as his," Rothstein writes. The Economist writes that it's disappointing "that a man who fought so intransigently, bravely, and beautifully for equality, of all things, has been set up for worship as a towering idol, more mountain than man." "The image that we chose is one that, from our point of view, presents Dr. King as a philosopher of ideas, someone who was strong in his belief of what America stood for and where America should be going," the architect, Jackson, told The Root. "The goals he set have not been reached, but we have a memorial that allows us to champion his message, so that we don't forget to pick up where he left off in trying to make the world a better place."
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Post by Sapphire on Aug 31, 2011 21:40:45 GMT -5
I'd be interested to know how this went over... Kyng, it seemed like it was an interesting show. I know Alc watched it so maybe he'll chime in. I tuned in an out because I didn't know it was coming on in advance; I just happend see it when I flipped channels, and my mind was still detoxing from the shenanigans on the MTV awards. I wish they had hyped it up more. I don't watch BET or TV One much, and haven't watched a lot of tv lately, so um... yeah... maybe that's why I didn't know. But I have 50-11 Alphas on my FB page and nobody mentioned it, so I can't be held responsible. LOL But I will try to catch it on demand. |
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Post by Kyng of JDs on Sept 1, 2011 11:25:37 GMT -5
I'd be interested to know how this went over... Kyng, it seemed like it was an interesting show. I know Alc watched it so maybe he'll chime in. I tuned in an out because I didn't know it was coming on in advance; I just happend see it when I flipped channels, and my mind was still detoxing from the shenanigans on the MTV awards. I wish they had hyped it up more. I don't watch BET or TV One much, and haven't watched a lot of tv lately, so um... yeah... maybe that's why I didn't know. But I have 50-11 Alphas on my FB page and nobody mentioned it, so I can't be held responsible. LOL But I will try to catch it on demand. Yeah, they didn't pub it near as much as it should've been. To me, the transitions were not fluid, but it was a good watch. I relish in the fact that I properly greeted all the Alphas in the program, including Dr. King's son and living LB. And as for the 50-11 Alphas on your page.... You are missing one of the best. |
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Post by Sapphire on Sept 6, 2011 21:31:02 GMT -5
And as for the 50-11 Alphas on your page.... You are missing one of the best. LOL. You're probably right Kyng... you're probably right. I guess I need to step my game up. |
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Post by Chal™ on Sept 7, 2011 10:07:28 GMT -5
lol @ Kyng hinting for an invite
The many Alphas on my page were uncharacteristically quiet as well so I'm not sure how they felt about the program. I found my interest peaked a bit but like Saph, I was suffering from the after effects of that durn awards show (and the twitter buzz that helped me through it) (Still shuddering GaGa's Ralph Macchio impersonation???)
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Post by Kyng of JDs on Sept 7, 2011 10:37:43 GMT -5
lol @ Kyng hinting for an invite Don't judge me! Your FB page is just as lacking as Sapphs... |
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Post by Sapphire on Sept 8, 2011 17:57:14 GMT -5
Kyng, Chalito and I will discuss, confer and make a ruling on whether or not we have room for any more Alphas, OOAers, etc. on our respective FB badges and we'll be in touch. Have your people call our people.  LOL. I's juss playin' |
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Post by Chal™ on Sept 9, 2011 8:34:27 GMT -5
LOL!!!!
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Post by Kyng of JDs on Sept 9, 2011 9:44:33 GMT -5
Letter after E...
Letter after T...
Number between 1 and 3...
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Post by Chal™ on Sept 9, 2011 11:03:14 GMT -5
Kyng, that is so not helping your case. Saph, I think it's a no on this one. However, i can be bought of with the right flavor of Cheez Its and the right flavors of Gatorade.  |
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Post by Sapphire on Sept 9, 2011 20:09:23 GMT -5
Letter after E... Letter after T... Number between 1 and 3... LOL. There, there... don't you fret. |
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Post by Kyng of JDs on Sept 16, 2011 15:00:15 GMT -5
Kyng, that is so not helping your case. Saph, I think it's a no on this one. However, i can be bought of with the right flavor of Cheez Its and the right flavors of Gatorade. *places double cheese flavor and some slightly frozen simply raspberry lemonade on Chal's doorstep, rings doorbell, and runs. (I cant reread to see what gatorade you like, so I went to ol' faithful) |
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Post by Chal™ on Sept 16, 2011 15:05:35 GMT -5
Kyng, that is so not helping your case. Saph, I think it's a no on this one. However, i can be bought of with the right flavor of Cheez Its and the right flavors of Gatorade. *places double cheese flavor and some slightly frozen simply raspberry lemonade on Chal's doorstep, rings doorbell, and runs. (I cant reread to see what gatorade you like, so I went to ol' faithful) Ol' faithful indeed!! never mind the fact that i only like the original flavor of cheez-its. you bright me slushy lemonade *swoons* |
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