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Let me ask another question:
If Strom Thurmond really changed, why did he...
switch to the Republican Party
support Richard Nixon who ran on a "Silent Majority" campaign, which was really like Strom's campaing only repackaged
come to be known as one of the architects of the modern Republican party which, during the last presidential election, garnered less than 5% of African-American support?
Just something to think about...
And another thing...for some of us we live in a different reality. The term "Great American" comes with caution, for far too many "Great Americans" have been the cause of our misery detriment. Being Black and patriotic is a double-edged sword. We love it because it is home. Talk of freedom and equality signal empty words because we haven't seen it yet. It is ONLY in the past thirty years or so that we have allowed to become a part of mainstream U.S. society, and we're still struggling with that. You may see that it's been 50 years or so since the last "Civi Rights Movement", but we see 500 years of catchin' hell. Hope that can shed some insight.
For further understand I invite you to listen to the last verse in Talib Kweli's song "The Proud" which is tack 11 off his latest CD Quality. Also check out "Mr. N*igga" off Mos Def's album Black on Both Sides. I think it's track 15. Peace
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