Comments on: When They Drove Old Dixie Down http://almartinez.org/wordpress/?p=23 A blog of general comment by one of L.A.'s best known commentator/essayists. Humor, drama, pathos, satire and, well, everything else. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:50:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Marilyn Jensen http://almartinez.org/wordpress/?p=23#comment-15235 Marilyn Jensen Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:17:48 +0000 http://almartinez.org/wordpress/?p=23#comment-15235 I, too, f3ear the"Esthers" of the world. There are too many of them. Marilyn Jensen I, too, f3ear the”Esthers” of the world. There are too many of them.

Marilyn Jensen

]]> By: Roro http://almartinez.org/wordpress/?p=23#comment-850 Roro Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:45:33 +0000 http://almartinez.org/wordpress/?p=23#comment-850 The last (whites) shall be first, and the first (blacks) shall be last. After centuries of preparation, the first are are now ready to assume their rightful position in the world to lead us to the "promised land". All will participate, and all will succeed. Obama is just the beginning. May we make the most of this wonderful opportunity to raise all of the human species to it's highest potential, and may no one be left behind. The last (whites) shall be first, and the first (blacks) shall be last. After centuries of preparation, the first are are now ready to assume their rightful position in the world to lead us to the “promised land”. All will participate, and all will succeed. Obama is just the beginning. May we make the most of this wonderful opportunity to raise all of the human species to it’s highest potential, and may no one be left behind.

]]> By: Celeste Dauphine http://almartinez.org/wordpress/?p=23#comment-821 Celeste Dauphine Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:00:01 +0000 http://almartinez.org/wordpress/?p=23#comment-821 You might be interested in reading an article about slavery in the north at http://www.theroot.com/views/confronting-slavery-deep-north. It might change your mind about using a song that assumes that slave-owning was restricted to the South. Did you know that the first slave trade in America was conducted by the Puritans? Cromwell, having nearly destroyed Ireland, sent a lot of Irish into slavery, but didn't want to dirty the Crown's hands with slave-trading. He granted the right to trade Irish slaves to Puritans. The Irish were the first slaves in the US. No, they weren't indentured servants. They were slaves. This sheds some light on the once-ubiquitous signs in New York City that read: "No Irish No Blacks." You might be interested in reading an article about slavery in the north at http://www.theroot.com/views/confronting-slavery-deep-north. It might change your mind about using a song that assumes that slave-owning was restricted to the South.
Did you know that the first slave trade in America was conducted by the Puritans? Cromwell, having nearly destroyed Ireland, sent a lot of Irish into slavery, but didn’t want to dirty the Crown’s hands with slave-trading. He granted the right to trade Irish slaves to Puritans. The Irish were the first slaves in the US. No, they weren’t indentured servants. They were slaves.
This sheds some light on the once-ubiquitous signs in New York City that read: “No Irish No Blacks.”

]]> By: MeMaw http://almartinez.org/wordpress/?p=23#comment-761 MeMaw Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:16:56 +0000 http://almartinez.org/wordpress/?p=23#comment-761 "Hatred had been rejected, not ended"...how true a statement. I know these things...I live in Mississippi. Hopefully though, it will be the beginning of the end. “Hatred had been rejected, not ended”…how true a statement. I know these things…I live in Mississippi.

Hopefully though, it will be the beginning of the end.

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