Its not that i want to make a big generalization or anything, i mean i know some people in other races must have that quality, but i find it very common that whites have nice high insteps. I have yet to find a pure black person with such nice insteps. I can't say anything for chinese because i haven't been able to observe their foot structure.
I just envy those high insteps. I'd like to wear a shoe without my foot hanging over the side.
What do u guys think? Is there any way to change your instep?
Is it just me or do white ppl have the highest insteps?
I don't know about how race relates to instep, I've never really noticed, but...
It is definitely possible to strengthen/improve your arches. Rise up onto the balls of your feet as high as you can and back down again repeatedly, or get a Theraband (you can find them on discountdance.com) and point and flex your foot using it for resistance. Also, and this might sound a bit strange, but try (gently) stretching the front of your ankle.
Reply:do you have a foot fetish..? 0.0
Reply:I'm half Native American with very high arches. I always heard that most African-American people had flatter feet than either Native or European people, but it's likely a myth.
Reply:don't know but i'm white and i have a very high one. you may like those but i also have some toes that look like fred flinstones. which is better? learn to use what you have to your advantage.
Reply:wow you noticed things people never think about....i think you should just ignore it...the more you are content with yourself the happier you will be...goodluck
Reply:I'm white as paste, and I have absolutely no instep. My feet are as flat as the floor :)
I'm not sure you can permanantly change your instep. But good shoes with the arch support will help with back, hip, or knee pain due to the misalignment.
Reply:I have a high instep and unless a shoe has an ankle strap it absolutely will not stay on my foot. Sure, they look nice in heels, but I can't wear flats.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Don Imus....are people to sensitive?
In the middle east if you show someone the sole of your shoe it is the worst insult they might even kill you over it. Seems kinda silly doesnt it. My thinking is that its kinda the same thing when people get so offended and " HURT " by words. and I think it just kinda keeps the races divided. anyone agree or disagree
Don Imus....are people to sensitive?
YES! I completely agree with you... at least to a point. I wouldn't say that people are too sensitive. People have the right to feel however they want to feel. The problem is when they expect the actions of others to revolve around their feelings.
I'm posting the same answer I gave to two questions related to Imus' comment....
I agree with you that the situation was overblown. Frankly, since I'm a firm believer in freedom of speech, I don't understand why Imus' comment was even an issue.
Someone mentioned there being consequences to free speech.
Well, it really isn't a freedom if we have to face consequences for what we say.
We definitely ARE dealing with a double standard. Black comedians and rappers (not all, but many) are notorious for making comments that could easily be taken offensively by whites. Yet no action is taken. Little to nothing is said about it. Don't misunderstand... As I said, I am a firm believer in freedom of speech. Therefore I don't have a problem with what black comedians and rappers say any more than I have a problem with what Imus said. My point is simply that a double standard exists. And, quite honestly, I think Imus is being discriminated against. I seriously doubt that any action would have been taken if he was black and made a similar comment about a group of whites.
Double standards are present on both ''sides''. Despite the fact that nothing is said about racially charged music, black rappers, on the other hand, ARE ''blasted'' for their violent lyrics while we hear very little, if anything, from anyone other than evangelicals (not all, but many) concerning the content of heavy metal music. These double standards do nothing but "add fuel to the fire" of racism. And they exist in other areas as well, such as among men and women. The fire of discrimination will never be stomped out as long as our society supports people such as Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson who promote double standards.
I'm speaking for EVERYONE. People of all races, ethnicities, religions, etc..., will continue to experience prejudice and discrimination as long as this nonsense continues. To fight unfairness with unfairness is to fight a losing battle, which is one of the reasons why I disagree with affirmative action.
FCC regulation is irrelevant. Just as we are not forced to subscribe to satellite radio/t.v., we have the same choice to change the channel or turn off the t.v. or radio if we don't like or approve of what we see or hear. People are going to think and feel whatever they want to think and feel, and they should have the right to express it verbally whether or not others approve.
Why take offense to what Imus said? Can he force an employer to fire you? Can he force someone to assault you? Can a rapper force someone to shoot you? Can a comedian force your landlord to evict you from your home? Can a talk show host force you to gain weight? The answer to all of these questions is NO. I don't care what Chris Rock says, for example, because his jokes are just words. His words aren't going to force someone who doesn't like white people to physically assault me. I don't care what Ice Cube raps about, for example, because his music is just music.... It isn't going to force some deranged person to rob me. People such as these have no affect on an individual other than to cause a person to experience emotion. And what's wrong with experiencing emotion? You probably don't enjoy feeling sad or angry, but these are natural responses. What will become of the entertainment industry if censorship becomes completely emotion-based? Should programs and music be censored for offending the obese? Should they be censored for offending the handicapped? Should they be censored for offending people with disorders and addictions? After all, prejudice wears other ''shirts'' besides racism. But it isn't even about racism, because, like I said, it's solely about emotion. If a black woman were to call another black woman a ''nappy headed hoe'', is SHE racist? Nope, not unless she hates her own color/race for some reason. Would those who Imus offended be just as offended had Imus been a black woman making such a comment? Maybe. But, then again, maybe not.
What it all boils down to is this:
Freedom of speech should be supported 100% regardless of emotional response. Double standards should be non-existent, and those supporting double standards should not be supported.
****I would also like to add the following:
People should consider the fact that those who are offended by the ''nappy headed'' portion of Imus' comment are guilty of stereotyping black people. To assume that the comment was racially motivated is to assume that all blacks have the same hair type.
Reply:You tell me why Imus was fired for making a mistake that he is sorry for but Isiah Washington can call TR Knight a ***** and face NO repercussions? Doesn't seem right does it? Hateful speech is just that hateful, consequences should be forced on everyone, not just white men who say racists comments.
OK, some of you misunderstand me. I don't agree with what Imus said but it is no worse than what Isiah said but yet they are punished differently. Why? They are equally hateful remarks and should be punished equally. I am glad that Imus faced repercussions but why just him? There are many others who make similar remarks and face NO consequences.
Reply:Yes- people are TOO SENSITIVE!
You don't hear us white folks constantly complaining like you hear other races- and I mean mostly black. Call me honky, cracker- whatever. I don't care and somebody's opinion on my race doesn't bother me at all.
Reply:If you do something known to be hateful, even if it seems silly in another culture, you deserve the consequences.
Reply:insults divide people with out a doubt. The sensitive comes from opening old wounds. Racism never seems silly to me. The sole of the shoe thing makes sense because they know that they are being given the worst insult. It doesn't matter what that insult is it matters that the person giving it to you is trying to insult you in the worst possible way.
Reply:Don Imus is not a racist, he was making a joke.
Reply:in my country, if you show another man your penis they will cut off your testicles and wear them as earrings. it may seem silly to you, but i call it fashion.
Reply:Yes, political correctness has gone to far. Rappers can put down women, but shock jocks can't? Why the double standards?
Reply:As far as the Imus comment, my question would be, what if your daughter was playing on that team? How would you feel? What would you want to happen? Public apology? Having Imus removed from the radio station?
Maybe adults are not as easily hurt by words, but younger people are, and those girls have probably caught a lot of slack from his words. Words can hurt, if not just on their own, then by the actions that are inspired by those words.
Reply:this happens all the time, most get away with it, others dont, imus just got unlucky, well i think it was more that he pissed off a lot of people over the years and they saw this as an opportunity to keep them down.
and while the rutgers team didnt deserve the insult, they need to get over themselves, they did this for the publicity
Reply:The honest truth is, if the team would have just stopped and took a breath: Imus didn't offend the team at all, simply because they had no idea, not a freakin clue who this guy was untill he made media attention by saying it. They didn't know him, he didn't know them. He said it because he wanted attention. They took offense because they wanted more attention then him. Thats all this was ever about. Attention. Take a look at the channel ratings to prove what I'm saying. He bombed when he was on the air. It all comes down to attention
Reply:I think we have more important things to worry about than some 'controversy' about what someone said. If my fellow humans have forgotten, there are WARS going on right now. WARS. I personally think the wars in Iraq and Uganda are more important (abducting and brainwashing children for the LRA? gee that's hardly more important than what some guy said...)
Reply:What doesn't make sense is why Don Imus can get kicked off of radio but they let Anne Coulter still roam the streets.
Reply:I think ppl are making a mountain out of a mole hill with this one.
The only problem i have is him calling them hos.
As for the nappy heads, the only reason why it hurts ppl so much is becuz they know deep inside, that black hair is not desirable, and a pain in the A S S . I'm not saying its ugly, but its hell to take care of. They know having that hair is bad. i guess the truth hurts them.
THERE IS NO OTHER RACE ON EARTH THAT WOULD WISH FOR THAT HAIR.
The only problem i have, as i said, is that he is calling the black girls hos, maybe he is racist, and he does deserve to be punished though, i mean, if he gets away with that, then how will others behave with blacks?
Reply:people are way too sensitive, and ignorant.
Reply:no. imus is a racist prik. we don't need rednecks on the political scene brainwashing people.
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Don Imus....are people to sensitive?
YES! I completely agree with you... at least to a point. I wouldn't say that people are too sensitive. People have the right to feel however they want to feel. The problem is when they expect the actions of others to revolve around their feelings.
I'm posting the same answer I gave to two questions related to Imus' comment....
I agree with you that the situation was overblown. Frankly, since I'm a firm believer in freedom of speech, I don't understand why Imus' comment was even an issue.
Someone mentioned there being consequences to free speech.
Well, it really isn't a freedom if we have to face consequences for what we say.
We definitely ARE dealing with a double standard. Black comedians and rappers (not all, but many) are notorious for making comments that could easily be taken offensively by whites. Yet no action is taken. Little to nothing is said about it. Don't misunderstand... As I said, I am a firm believer in freedom of speech. Therefore I don't have a problem with what black comedians and rappers say any more than I have a problem with what Imus said. My point is simply that a double standard exists. And, quite honestly, I think Imus is being discriminated against. I seriously doubt that any action would have been taken if he was black and made a similar comment about a group of whites.
Double standards are present on both ''sides''. Despite the fact that nothing is said about racially charged music, black rappers, on the other hand, ARE ''blasted'' for their violent lyrics while we hear very little, if anything, from anyone other than evangelicals (not all, but many) concerning the content of heavy metal music. These double standards do nothing but "add fuel to the fire" of racism. And they exist in other areas as well, such as among men and women. The fire of discrimination will never be stomped out as long as our society supports people such as Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson who promote double standards.
I'm speaking for EVERYONE. People of all races, ethnicities, religions, etc..., will continue to experience prejudice and discrimination as long as this nonsense continues. To fight unfairness with unfairness is to fight a losing battle, which is one of the reasons why I disagree with affirmative action.
FCC regulation is irrelevant. Just as we are not forced to subscribe to satellite radio/t.v., we have the same choice to change the channel or turn off the t.v. or radio if we don't like or approve of what we see or hear. People are going to think and feel whatever they want to think and feel, and they should have the right to express it verbally whether or not others approve.
Why take offense to what Imus said? Can he force an employer to fire you? Can he force someone to assault you? Can a rapper force someone to shoot you? Can a comedian force your landlord to evict you from your home? Can a talk show host force you to gain weight? The answer to all of these questions is NO. I don't care what Chris Rock says, for example, because his jokes are just words. His words aren't going to force someone who doesn't like white people to physically assault me. I don't care what Ice Cube raps about, for example, because his music is just music.... It isn't going to force some deranged person to rob me. People such as these have no affect on an individual other than to cause a person to experience emotion. And what's wrong with experiencing emotion? You probably don't enjoy feeling sad or angry, but these are natural responses. What will become of the entertainment industry if censorship becomes completely emotion-based? Should programs and music be censored for offending the obese? Should they be censored for offending the handicapped? Should they be censored for offending people with disorders and addictions? After all, prejudice wears other ''shirts'' besides racism. But it isn't even about racism, because, like I said, it's solely about emotion. If a black woman were to call another black woman a ''nappy headed hoe'', is SHE racist? Nope, not unless she hates her own color/race for some reason. Would those who Imus offended be just as offended had Imus been a black woman making such a comment? Maybe. But, then again, maybe not.
What it all boils down to is this:
Freedom of speech should be supported 100% regardless of emotional response. Double standards should be non-existent, and those supporting double standards should not be supported.
****I would also like to add the following:
People should consider the fact that those who are offended by the ''nappy headed'' portion of Imus' comment are guilty of stereotyping black people. To assume that the comment was racially motivated is to assume that all blacks have the same hair type.
Reply:You tell me why Imus was fired for making a mistake that he is sorry for but Isiah Washington can call TR Knight a ***** and face NO repercussions? Doesn't seem right does it? Hateful speech is just that hateful, consequences should be forced on everyone, not just white men who say racists comments.
OK, some of you misunderstand me. I don't agree with what Imus said but it is no worse than what Isiah said but yet they are punished differently. Why? They are equally hateful remarks and should be punished equally. I am glad that Imus faced repercussions but why just him? There are many others who make similar remarks and face NO consequences.
Reply:Yes- people are TOO SENSITIVE!
You don't hear us white folks constantly complaining like you hear other races- and I mean mostly black. Call me honky, cracker- whatever. I don't care and somebody's opinion on my race doesn't bother me at all.
Reply:If you do something known to be hateful, even if it seems silly in another culture, you deserve the consequences.
Reply:insults divide people with out a doubt. The sensitive comes from opening old wounds. Racism never seems silly to me. The sole of the shoe thing makes sense because they know that they are being given the worst insult. It doesn't matter what that insult is it matters that the person giving it to you is trying to insult you in the worst possible way.
Reply:Don Imus is not a racist, he was making a joke.
Reply:in my country, if you show another man your penis they will cut off your testicles and wear them as earrings. it may seem silly to you, but i call it fashion.
Reply:Yes, political correctness has gone to far. Rappers can put down women, but shock jocks can't? Why the double standards?
Reply:As far as the Imus comment, my question would be, what if your daughter was playing on that team? How would you feel? What would you want to happen? Public apology? Having Imus removed from the radio station?
Maybe adults are not as easily hurt by words, but younger people are, and those girls have probably caught a lot of slack from his words. Words can hurt, if not just on their own, then by the actions that are inspired by those words.
Reply:this happens all the time, most get away with it, others dont, imus just got unlucky, well i think it was more that he pissed off a lot of people over the years and they saw this as an opportunity to keep them down.
and while the rutgers team didnt deserve the insult, they need to get over themselves, they did this for the publicity
Reply:The honest truth is, if the team would have just stopped and took a breath: Imus didn't offend the team at all, simply because they had no idea, not a freakin clue who this guy was untill he made media attention by saying it. They didn't know him, he didn't know them. He said it because he wanted attention. They took offense because they wanted more attention then him. Thats all this was ever about. Attention. Take a look at the channel ratings to prove what I'm saying. He bombed when he was on the air. It all comes down to attention
Reply:I think we have more important things to worry about than some 'controversy' about what someone said. If my fellow humans have forgotten, there are WARS going on right now. WARS. I personally think the wars in Iraq and Uganda are more important (abducting and brainwashing children for the LRA? gee that's hardly more important than what some guy said...)
Reply:What doesn't make sense is why Don Imus can get kicked off of radio but they let Anne Coulter still roam the streets.
Reply:I think ppl are making a mountain out of a mole hill with this one.
The only problem i have is him calling them hos.
As for the nappy heads, the only reason why it hurts ppl so much is becuz they know deep inside, that black hair is not desirable, and a pain in the A S S . I'm not saying its ugly, but its hell to take care of. They know having that hair is bad. i guess the truth hurts them.
THERE IS NO OTHER RACE ON EARTH THAT WOULD WISH FOR THAT HAIR.
The only problem i have, as i said, is that he is calling the black girls hos, maybe he is racist, and he does deserve to be punished though, i mean, if he gets away with that, then how will others behave with blacks?
Reply:people are way too sensitive, and ignorant.
Reply:no. imus is a racist prik. we don't need rednecks on the political scene brainwashing people.
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Would you women date a guy from an extremely uncommon ethnic group?
I'm Aymara, which means I'm short (5'5"), slim framed (130 lbs), copper-colored skin, black hair, black eyes (not brown but really black), soft facial features and no facial hair (I get taken as a woman very often), very little body hair, rather high-pitched voice and small hands and feet (shoe size 6 USA). So far I've never found a woman who accepted dating me. I'm not bad looking, but I'm not handsome either. In fact people say I'm "pretty," which seems to be a very bad thing for a guy. I won't bulk up, no matter how much I exercize (I've gone to the gym for years but I'm not muscular at all).
I must admit I'm growing desperate. I'm 37 and I've never been in a relationship or even dated. Is it my race?
Would you women date a guy from an extremely uncommon ethnic group?
there is someone for everyone ..i doubt its ur etnic group
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I must admit I'm growing desperate. I'm 37 and I've never been in a relationship or even dated. Is it my race?
Would you women date a guy from an extremely uncommon ethnic group?
there is someone for everyone ..i doubt its ur etnic group
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Efforts to understand Jena. My school is segregated but how can I change that?
We humans cling to similarity. At the same time, I don't really know how to relate TO make new friends of a diff race. I live in Los Angeles and in my school it is kind of segregated but we would never! Any ideas?
FACTS- 6 black kids beat one white kid. If the town does not have a problem then why did these incidents occur?
One of the black kids jumped at a party by white kids.
someone assaulted the black kids with a sawed off shotgun.
The black kids disarmed their attacker and called the police. they were charged with burglary for taking his gun.
nooses hung from a tree. That's a problem.
Sheriff was brought into the high school to address the incident but instead let the black kids know," I could change your lives with a stroke of my pen." Translation- know your place boy. At Bell’s trial, the jury was composed of his previous attackers and their family members.
The judge allowed the prosecutor to argue his shoe was a deadly weapon.
F.Y.I.
Efforts to understand Jena. My school is segregated but how can I change that?
The whole Jena thing is ridiculous. I hope this exposes the racist ______s who think they run that town!
As for integrating your school, I think that is a noble idea. Why not USE the Jena 6 controversy to bring in some speakers from the community? Make sure to focus on racial harmony. Maybe the theme could be "Letting the past go" or "Living together in the new century" or something. I think we need to educate all young people about what's happened in the past so those same mistakes are not made again, but we also can't all harbor the resentment of the past. Ask people to look beyond the color of someone's skin and get to know a person as an individual member of the human race.
Maybe the theme could be "Take a chance." :)
Talk to your school counselors or your principal to get things organized. :) See if parents or teachers groups will help support the event(s).
Good luck! :)
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FACTS- 6 black kids beat one white kid. If the town does not have a problem then why did these incidents occur?
One of the black kids jumped at a party by white kids.
someone assaulted the black kids with a sawed off shotgun.
The black kids disarmed their attacker and called the police. they were charged with burglary for taking his gun.
nooses hung from a tree. That's a problem.
Sheriff was brought into the high school to address the incident but instead let the black kids know," I could change your lives with a stroke of my pen." Translation- know your place boy. At Bell’s trial, the jury was composed of his previous attackers and their family members.
The judge allowed the prosecutor to argue his shoe was a deadly weapon.
F.Y.I.
Efforts to understand Jena. My school is segregated but how can I change that?
The whole Jena thing is ridiculous. I hope this exposes the racist ______s who think they run that town!
As for integrating your school, I think that is a noble idea. Why not USE the Jena 6 controversy to bring in some speakers from the community? Make sure to focus on racial harmony. Maybe the theme could be "Letting the past go" or "Living together in the new century" or something. I think we need to educate all young people about what's happened in the past so those same mistakes are not made again, but we also can't all harbor the resentment of the past. Ask people to look beyond the color of someone's skin and get to know a person as an individual member of the human race.
Maybe the theme could be "Take a chance." :)
Talk to your school counselors or your principal to get things organized. :) See if parents or teachers groups will help support the event(s).
Good luck! :)
under my skin
Shouldn't justice be "color blind"? Why is there still such racial unfairness in the U.S.?
Some of you may have heard about the Jena 6 case currently going on Louisiana. Although it has not received any press coverage, some radio personalities have stepped up to make sure that it is being covered and are taking a stand for these 6 black high school boys in Louisiana .They have
been charged with attempted murder by use of a tennis shoe against some white students who were not at all injured in this school yard fight. These young men are facing up to 100 years in prison. You can go online to get more detailed information about the case.
A petition is on the move to request an investigation into the
discrimination of the trial as well as other incidents leading up to the trial. The Steve Harvey Morning Show is also petitioning entertainers and groups to also join in the support.
http://www.petitiononline.com/aZ51CqmR/p...
will take you directly to the page to sign. It took me all of 30 seconds. These young men need our help. ALL of us, regardless of race!
Shouldn't justice be "color blind"? Why is there still such racial unfairness in the U.S.?
Justice should be color blind. Unfortunately there are alot of people who have hate in their hearts and are blinded by it. Let us pray not only for the injustice in Louisiana but all over the world. Let us realize that we are spirits housed in bodies and just like living in a yellow house on any given street doesn't dictate who a person is the same holds true for a spirit housed in a black, white, hispanic, mexican, (etc) person, and just like when you live in a house you can move one day we will no longer occupy the houses that we live in (in our physical bodies) and we will acsend to heaven (those of us that make it ). God is a spirit and he loves all of his children there is no color in heaven and one of the most important commands is to love. Love black, love white, love hispanic, love all and until we get that we really haven't accomplished much (have we??). See 2 corinthians 5. Be blessed!!!!!
Reply:Attempted murder, but the victim was able to go to a party that same night, if someone follows all the news story of the Jena 6 you will all know that racism is alive and well.
I wonder if it will ever end
Reply:There is a difference between suspending all the kids (black and WHITE) who were in a school wide fight.
It is a totally different thing to Arrest ONLY the black kids who were in the fight and charge them with attempted murder when the person they supposely nearly beat to death went to a party that same night.
Reply:Someone got my account suspended from this question. I had to waste five minutes of my life to make another.
I don't know why people want to over look the victom, this young white man, who was nearly beaten to death with a makeshift weapon from those "boys".
Justice needs to be served and they never need to see another free day again if they are convicted of attempted murder.
Reply:It's mainly due to people like Jesse Jackson that keep making mountains out of mole hills. And also other races getting special treatment like easier test keeping jobs even though they are not good workers because of their race. Whitey doesn't have anyone to back him up except himself as an individual but we still manage to survive.
Reply:I am so sick of hearing that this is only because the guys who beat the white boy up are black. If people wouldn't make such a big deal about it all, it wouldn't have escaladed to this point...but anyhow...
So, as a resident of Louisiana, this S*it is everywhere. For most of you from up North, you wouldn't understand the racism down here.
Kids fight. End of story.
Is hanging nooses right? By all means, no. (Which in the mean time I heard that they were playing the "cowboys" that week and the theme of the week was "hang em' high") Are fights right? By all means, no. But what many of you don't understand is that seems to be the way it is down here. I, however, seem to be "used" to hearing stuff like that since it's been around all of my life. Kids (especially in high school) will racially taunt one another. It happens. It doesn't mean, because you are called the "n" word, that you should go start beating the hell out of folks. I grew up in a pretty much mixed high school with a graduating class well in the 300's with about 900 kids total in the school. You hear stuff like that. Most people just blow it off. People call others names. Is it right? No. But they're kids.
If the shoe was on the other foot, though, it would be all over the place as far as the news. If a group of white guys beat up a black guy, it would surely be considered racism also. You all know that if 6 white guys beat up 1 black guy, the black guy would start hollering racism! The shoe fits both feet, here.
Sadly, racism exists and it's still pretty strong down south, especially here in Louisiana. I, by no means, am racist. Alot of my friends in high school were black. I heard from them and from the white kids at school all about the name calling, but of course, it always goes both ways. Blacks talk about whites, whites talk about blacks. It's just skin color, people! Some people are so shallow as to only see the skin color of a person.
Do I think a few kids who got in a fight at school over something so stupid (name calling) should spend 22 years in prison? NO WAY! It just goes to show how screwed up the system is.
Best of luck to those guys and I hope they don't have to spend 25% of their lives behind bars over a stupid fight that happened between immature students in high school. :( Maybe jail for a short amount of time to make them learn that beating someone to hospitilization because they called you a name, doesn't mean that you get off the hook so easily, in my opinion.
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No, the same would have still stood as far as Katrina. All the smart folks, black and white, left N.O. rather than staying there when they saw that Katrina was comin right for them. That's just lack of common sense. All that shows is major stupidity, white or black.
Reply:So we'll solve racism but letting black people beat up on white people without consequences? That's not my kind of justice.
Reply:I thought hate crimes (such as the nooses) were considered on par with burning crosses and nazi swatstikas in jewish neighborhoods? If the police are going to charge the black kids, why aren't they charging the white kids with hate crimes?
As for the charges themselves, they're overkill, yes, i agree. young criminal wannabes refine their craft in prison.
Those white kids need some hard community service and that school needs to force ethnic tolerance education on their students. The jury needs to be diversified and moved to a different venue. What a mess.
for anyone who wants to read the story:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/jen...
Reply:Yes there is racial injustice in the US. Very sad but is true. And not only along racial lines - it also has to do with income and religion.
6 on one or two whatever the reason or "damage" is a form of mob action.
Attack one on one is bad let alone six on one or two.
This may being used as a form of "scared straight" behavior modification technique.
I very much doubt authorities would go this far without reason. If they have gone to far it will come out in the wash pretty quickly.
These six may have had a history of harassment and intimidation we do not know the full story.
I read the article on Snopes. 6:45pm
sounds like the children need to be taught something new rather than generational hate - on both sides.
The discrimination occurs within all races not just black on white or vice versa. Sociology!
Reply:Its not just a racial issue that needs to be addressed.We need prisons and there are those that belong there, but there is not justice mete for the crime anymore.
What people do not realize is that there is money to be made by the rich if people are in prison.It is more profitable to invest in prisons which maintain a 200% ocupancy than Holiday Inn which has a 70% ocupancy.
Then there is many of the major companies GM, GE, Toys-r-us etc. that hire these men and woman to work at .50 cents an hour.The clothing industry get a share.The catering service to feed them.
That is the reason for the 100 year sentences.
I am a Jail minister and what is going on in the justice system is the biggest disgrace to this country that ever existed.
Reply:Jena 6, you mean where it took 6 blacks to have the balls to attack 1 white kid. They should all be locked up for about 10 - 25 years.
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been charged with attempted murder by use of a tennis shoe against some white students who were not at all injured in this school yard fight. These young men are facing up to 100 years in prison. You can go online to get more detailed information about the case.
A petition is on the move to request an investigation into the
discrimination of the trial as well as other incidents leading up to the trial. The Steve Harvey Morning Show is also petitioning entertainers and groups to also join in the support.
http://www.petitiononline.com/aZ51CqmR/p...
will take you directly to the page to sign. It took me all of 30 seconds. These young men need our help. ALL of us, regardless of race!
Shouldn't justice be "color blind"? Why is there still such racial unfairness in the U.S.?
Justice should be color blind. Unfortunately there are alot of people who have hate in their hearts and are blinded by it. Let us pray not only for the injustice in Louisiana but all over the world. Let us realize that we are spirits housed in bodies and just like living in a yellow house on any given street doesn't dictate who a person is the same holds true for a spirit housed in a black, white, hispanic, mexican, (etc) person, and just like when you live in a house you can move one day we will no longer occupy the houses that we live in (in our physical bodies) and we will acsend to heaven (those of us that make it ). God is a spirit and he loves all of his children there is no color in heaven and one of the most important commands is to love. Love black, love white, love hispanic, love all and until we get that we really haven't accomplished much (have we??). See 2 corinthians 5. Be blessed!!!!!
Reply:Attempted murder, but the victim was able to go to a party that same night, if someone follows all the news story of the Jena 6 you will all know that racism is alive and well.
I wonder if it will ever end
Reply:There is a difference between suspending all the kids (black and WHITE) who were in a school wide fight.
It is a totally different thing to Arrest ONLY the black kids who were in the fight and charge them with attempted murder when the person they supposely nearly beat to death went to a party that same night.
Reply:Someone got my account suspended from this question. I had to waste five minutes of my life to make another.
I don't know why people want to over look the victom, this young white man, who was nearly beaten to death with a makeshift weapon from those "boys".
Justice needs to be served and they never need to see another free day again if they are convicted of attempted murder.
Reply:It's mainly due to people like Jesse Jackson that keep making mountains out of mole hills. And also other races getting special treatment like easier test keeping jobs even though they are not good workers because of their race. Whitey doesn't have anyone to back him up except himself as an individual but we still manage to survive.
Reply:I am so sick of hearing that this is only because the guys who beat the white boy up are black. If people wouldn't make such a big deal about it all, it wouldn't have escaladed to this point...but anyhow...
So, as a resident of Louisiana, this S*it is everywhere. For most of you from up North, you wouldn't understand the racism down here.
Kids fight. End of story.
Is hanging nooses right? By all means, no. (Which in the mean time I heard that they were playing the "cowboys" that week and the theme of the week was "hang em' high") Are fights right? By all means, no. But what many of you don't understand is that seems to be the way it is down here. I, however, seem to be "used" to hearing stuff like that since it's been around all of my life. Kids (especially in high school) will racially taunt one another. It happens. It doesn't mean, because you are called the "n" word, that you should go start beating the hell out of folks. I grew up in a pretty much mixed high school with a graduating class well in the 300's with about 900 kids total in the school. You hear stuff like that. Most people just blow it off. People call others names. Is it right? No. But they're kids.
If the shoe was on the other foot, though, it would be all over the place as far as the news. If a group of white guys beat up a black guy, it would surely be considered racism also. You all know that if 6 white guys beat up 1 black guy, the black guy would start hollering racism! The shoe fits both feet, here.
Sadly, racism exists and it's still pretty strong down south, especially here in Louisiana. I, by no means, am racist. Alot of my friends in high school were black. I heard from them and from the white kids at school all about the name calling, but of course, it always goes both ways. Blacks talk about whites, whites talk about blacks. It's just skin color, people! Some people are so shallow as to only see the skin color of a person.
Do I think a few kids who got in a fight at school over something so stupid (name calling) should spend 22 years in prison? NO WAY! It just goes to show how screwed up the system is.
Best of luck to those guys and I hope they don't have to spend 25% of their lives behind bars over a stupid fight that happened between immature students in high school. :( Maybe jail for a short amount of time to make them learn that beating someone to hospitilization because they called you a name, doesn't mean that you get off the hook so easily, in my opinion.
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No, the same would have still stood as far as Katrina. All the smart folks, black and white, left N.O. rather than staying there when they saw that Katrina was comin right for them. That's just lack of common sense. All that shows is major stupidity, white or black.
Reply:So we'll solve racism but letting black people beat up on white people without consequences? That's not my kind of justice.
Reply:I thought hate crimes (such as the nooses) were considered on par with burning crosses and nazi swatstikas in jewish neighborhoods? If the police are going to charge the black kids, why aren't they charging the white kids with hate crimes?
As for the charges themselves, they're overkill, yes, i agree. young criminal wannabes refine their craft in prison.
Those white kids need some hard community service and that school needs to force ethnic tolerance education on their students. The jury needs to be diversified and moved to a different venue. What a mess.
for anyone who wants to read the story:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/jen...
Reply:Yes there is racial injustice in the US. Very sad but is true. And not only along racial lines - it also has to do with income and religion.
6 on one or two whatever the reason or "damage" is a form of mob action.
Attack one on one is bad let alone six on one or two.
This may being used as a form of "scared straight" behavior modification technique.
I very much doubt authorities would go this far without reason. If they have gone to far it will come out in the wash pretty quickly.
These six may have had a history of harassment and intimidation we do not know the full story.
I read the article on Snopes. 6:45pm
sounds like the children need to be taught something new rather than generational hate - on both sides.
The discrimination occurs within all races not just black on white or vice versa. Sociology!
Reply:Its not just a racial issue that needs to be addressed.We need prisons and there are those that belong there, but there is not justice mete for the crime anymore.
What people do not realize is that there is money to be made by the rich if people are in prison.It is more profitable to invest in prisons which maintain a 200% ocupancy than Holiday Inn which has a 70% ocupancy.
Then there is many of the major companies GM, GE, Toys-r-us etc. that hire these men and woman to work at .50 cents an hour.The clothing industry get a share.The catering service to feed them.
That is the reason for the 100 year sentences.
I am a Jail minister and what is going on in the justice system is the biggest disgrace to this country that ever existed.
Reply:Jena 6, you mean where it took 6 blacks to have the balls to attack 1 white kid. They should all be locked up for about 10 - 25 years.
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Not to be racist or hateful but don't you think firing Don Imus was a bit too much?
if the shoe were on the other foot, a black radio personality calling a white girl basketball team a bunch nappy honkies , would he be persecuted in the same way Mr. Imus was? I don't think they would be unless whites made a big stink about it, like the blacks are with CBS. but Then We would be called bigots because it's against the blacks. the race card is played once again.
Not to be racist or hateful but don't you think firing Don Imus was a bit too much?
In all seriousness, it is way over the top. There are much bigger blatant offensive people that deserves to be fired. He just happens to be the escape goat at the moment. Stupid Jackson and Sharpton don't have a real job so they play the race card on white people constantly. They don't care about Bush and Katrina.
Reply:Yes, it was entirely too far to go with this. Not only does it show the world just how intolerant we are in the US regardless of our own Free Speech laws, but it gives the statement validity of a sort.
Great Gracious Goddess! I can't count the number of times I've been called a 'cracker' and I've not once called for someone's head. I've just responded by calling them a n****r. Drives the point home hard and fast. I don't care what color skin the person has. What I care about is what's inside. I can sling barbs with the best (worst?) of them, I just don't do it unless provoked. If you provoke me, you best be wearing psychic kevlar because I WILL hurt you.
Incidentally, I have heard the actual remark in it's context. It was a joke. A poor one. An offensive one. But a joke nonetheless. Should he have apologized? YES. Should he have been fired? NO.
Everyone makes mistakes or misspeaks or shows their ugly side from time to time. No one should have to pay for it for the rest of their lives. Not unless they physically harmed another person in the process. How did those words hurt? Maybe they stung, but those women aren't stupid. They could have responded in a more intelligent manner and made him look bad with his own attitude.
All this whole hoo-ha has accomplished is to slightly annoy many white people who want to know *why* it is acceptable for a black man to refer to me as a "cracker bi*atch ho" but a white man can't say the same about a black woman without bringing the wrath of Al Sharpton upon him. Both are unacceptable, but both are forgiven in my eyes because I KNOW I'm NOT a "cracker bi*atch ho".
What, exactly, did Imus do? Crack a very tasteless joke? Who the hell hasn't done that at least once in their lives? (And if you say "not me" you're a dirty liar.) We all screw up once in a while. We're all human, after all.
~Morg~
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Reply:I think he said it because this is something he is use to saying, it slipped and now he is in the hot seat for it. The man is on the radio trying to be funny and played himself. He ought to be ashamed of his self with his old self. People just dont get it. Yo cant not be in a field and be saying things like that, He got to comfortable and thats what happens when retards dont think.
Reply:Yep , it is too harsh for the small comment
Reply:He was talking about the whole team... which includes white women... I do think it was a bit much for him to be fired, but really you all need to get over it
Reply:A) with advertisers pulling out, who's going to pay for the show?
B) it's not like he's a plumber. he gets paid a lot of money. and with that, there is a responsibility, that he failed.
C) the "freedom of speech" thing i find stupid. you are welcome to say anything you want. you may not say it in my house. nor should you expect to get paid to say anything you want.
i can understand slipping into something he learned as a kid. but the language he used was not around when he was a kid. when and where did he learn it? how often does he use it when not on the air? it certainly was a slip - but one that seems to me to not be out of character to his off-air personality. but that's just speculation.
in addition, his complaint "i shouldn't be deprived of my profession" doesn't move me. again, it goes to the money. he's been paid more than you and i and 30 others put together. for that kind of money, you don't get extra chances. if he wants a job, i hear that there is a shortage of farm labor this year. that would be a good example to anyone else tempted to be so stupid.
Reply:It was not too much. If he was in a traditional workplace and he called women hos, he would be terminated, I do not see this as any different.
Reply:Probably not, because I don't think anyone would care.
I'm black. I say that because I've figured out that the race you are affects how you can answer a question in this section. Sad.
What Imus did was WRONG. Face it white folk. Should he have been FIRED? No. Some other punishment might have been good. I feel sorry for the old man. he wasn't thinking. He should have thought that some non racists would be listening to his statement. He was trying to be funny. And wasnt.
Reply:Just as he had the freedom to express himself, his bosses' had the freedom to fire him. A job is a privilage, not a right.
Reply:I think if white people expressed their outrage when things like that occurred, then it probably would get more attention. But, instead, they seem to be quiet and silently stew in being pissed off until something like the whole Imus thing happens. Then all of a sudden the world is unfair and everyone is against white people.
Black people do not control the amount of media coverage something gets. Personally, I'm tired of hearing about it myself. I'm tired of seeing Don Imus' crazy looking as$ everytime I turn on the news. And, anytime Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson comes on the screen, I change the channel. We could speculate all day long on what would have happen if the situation was flipped. But again... blacks do not control media coverage.
Reply:i agree.
Reply:I agree firing him was a bit too much. He apologized
Reply:No. Him and all of his cracker friends deserved that and worse.
Reply:You're not racist..your just a rational human being.
Reply:Black people did not fire Don Imus. It's his fault. Why would you try to put the blame on anyone else?
And if you all are so tired of people playing the race card, stop slipping it into their decks, understand?
Reply:No. He shouldn't have said what he said. Personally I wasn't offended but other people were. We are living in a racially oppressed society, he should know better.
Reply:We had this diccussion at work yesterday, I feel that Imus showed very poor taste in his figure of speech, and if the network found it offencive, he is working for them he should be held responsible for what he said, but he as an American has freedom of speech? or maybe not. I dont like what he said ,I dont agree with what he said but I feel that he has the right to his opinion, and I have the right to turn the channel if I dont like what I here.
Reply:I think it was right because black people went thru a lot during slavery and that was not fair,,,,getting treated like that because of your skin color?Like you can help that,,,is not like they chose to be black,,,,,So I think that was not right ,,,,Now they have come a long way to be treated equal and then some white guy comes and says something like that,,,,,,it was not right.Because if it was the other way around yes,it would of probably even been worse.So yes,I think it was right,,he would of made a big deal if someone would of said something like that about him or his shows,,,,
Reply:they should of been fired him and then some
Reply:It was, because I doubt he was racist. I know he had to be like "Damn, I was just joking!" in his mind, like if Cedric the entertainer, like if he said something like "They were so pale" to a White girl basket ball team, people would laugh and brush it off. I get where people are coming from with this, because it's not like the guy goes around saying he hates Black people. It's not like he's actually racist. And people who are racist are making it seem like he is by blaming all Black people for the controversy, when if it were me, I'd laugh with him. I have White friends, hear White people around my way joke with Black people, and they get along. They know it's just joking.
Reply:suggest you do some research on the "HOT 97 Tsunami Song".
A song on a predominantly black radio station ridiculing the predominantly asian victims of the 2004 Tsunami. People were suspended, even fired, for the song.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hot_97#tsun...
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Not to be racist or hateful but don't you think firing Don Imus was a bit too much?
In all seriousness, it is way over the top. There are much bigger blatant offensive people that deserves to be fired. He just happens to be the escape goat at the moment. Stupid Jackson and Sharpton don't have a real job so they play the race card on white people constantly. They don't care about Bush and Katrina.
Reply:Yes, it was entirely too far to go with this. Not only does it show the world just how intolerant we are in the US regardless of our own Free Speech laws, but it gives the statement validity of a sort.
Great Gracious Goddess! I can't count the number of times I've been called a 'cracker' and I've not once called for someone's head. I've just responded by calling them a n****r. Drives the point home hard and fast. I don't care what color skin the person has. What I care about is what's inside. I can sling barbs with the best (worst?) of them, I just don't do it unless provoked. If you provoke me, you best be wearing psychic kevlar because I WILL hurt you.
Incidentally, I have heard the actual remark in it's context. It was a joke. A poor one. An offensive one. But a joke nonetheless. Should he have apologized? YES. Should he have been fired? NO.
Everyone makes mistakes or misspeaks or shows their ugly side from time to time. No one should have to pay for it for the rest of their lives. Not unless they physically harmed another person in the process. How did those words hurt? Maybe they stung, but those women aren't stupid. They could have responded in a more intelligent manner and made him look bad with his own attitude.
All this whole hoo-ha has accomplished is to slightly annoy many white people who want to know *why* it is acceptable for a black man to refer to me as a "cracker bi*atch ho" but a white man can't say the same about a black woman without bringing the wrath of Al Sharpton upon him. Both are unacceptable, but both are forgiven in my eyes because I KNOW I'm NOT a "cracker bi*atch ho".
What, exactly, did Imus do? Crack a very tasteless joke? Who the hell hasn't done that at least once in their lives? (And if you say "not me" you're a dirty liar.) We all screw up once in a while. We're all human, after all.
~Morg~
/rant
Reply:I think he said it because this is something he is use to saying, it slipped and now he is in the hot seat for it. The man is on the radio trying to be funny and played himself. He ought to be ashamed of his self with his old self. People just dont get it. Yo cant not be in a field and be saying things like that, He got to comfortable and thats what happens when retards dont think.
Reply:Yep , it is too harsh for the small comment
Reply:He was talking about the whole team... which includes white women... I do think it was a bit much for him to be fired, but really you all need to get over it
Reply:A) with advertisers pulling out, who's going to pay for the show?
B) it's not like he's a plumber. he gets paid a lot of money. and with that, there is a responsibility, that he failed.
C) the "freedom of speech" thing i find stupid. you are welcome to say anything you want. you may not say it in my house. nor should you expect to get paid to say anything you want.
i can understand slipping into something he learned as a kid. but the language he used was not around when he was a kid. when and where did he learn it? how often does he use it when not on the air? it certainly was a slip - but one that seems to me to not be out of character to his off-air personality. but that's just speculation.
in addition, his complaint "i shouldn't be deprived of my profession" doesn't move me. again, it goes to the money. he's been paid more than you and i and 30 others put together. for that kind of money, you don't get extra chances. if he wants a job, i hear that there is a shortage of farm labor this year. that would be a good example to anyone else tempted to be so stupid.
Reply:It was not too much. If he was in a traditional workplace and he called women hos, he would be terminated, I do not see this as any different.
Reply:Probably not, because I don't think anyone would care.
I'm black. I say that because I've figured out that the race you are affects how you can answer a question in this section. Sad.
What Imus did was WRONG. Face it white folk. Should he have been FIRED? No. Some other punishment might have been good. I feel sorry for the old man. he wasn't thinking. He should have thought that some non racists would be listening to his statement. He was trying to be funny. And wasnt.
Reply:Just as he had the freedom to express himself, his bosses' had the freedom to fire him. A job is a privilage, not a right.
Reply:I think if white people expressed their outrage when things like that occurred, then it probably would get more attention. But, instead, they seem to be quiet and silently stew in being pissed off until something like the whole Imus thing happens. Then all of a sudden the world is unfair and everyone is against white people.
Black people do not control the amount of media coverage something gets. Personally, I'm tired of hearing about it myself. I'm tired of seeing Don Imus' crazy looking as$ everytime I turn on the news. And, anytime Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson comes on the screen, I change the channel. We could speculate all day long on what would have happen if the situation was flipped. But again... blacks do not control media coverage.
Reply:i agree.
Reply:I agree firing him was a bit too much. He apologized
Reply:No. Him and all of his cracker friends deserved that and worse.
Reply:You're not racist..your just a rational human being.
Reply:Black people did not fire Don Imus. It's his fault. Why would you try to put the blame on anyone else?
And if you all are so tired of people playing the race card, stop slipping it into their decks, understand?
Reply:No. He shouldn't have said what he said. Personally I wasn't offended but other people were. We are living in a racially oppressed society, he should know better.
Reply:We had this diccussion at work yesterday, I feel that Imus showed very poor taste in his figure of speech, and if the network found it offencive, he is working for them he should be held responsible for what he said, but he as an American has freedom of speech? or maybe not. I dont like what he said ,I dont agree with what he said but I feel that he has the right to his opinion, and I have the right to turn the channel if I dont like what I here.
Reply:I think it was right because black people went thru a lot during slavery and that was not fair,,,,getting treated like that because of your skin color?Like you can help that,,,is not like they chose to be black,,,,,So I think that was not right ,,,,Now they have come a long way to be treated equal and then some white guy comes and says something like that,,,,,,it was not right.Because if it was the other way around yes,it would of probably even been worse.So yes,I think it was right,,he would of made a big deal if someone would of said something like that about him or his shows,,,,
Reply:they should of been fired him and then some
Reply:It was, because I doubt he was racist. I know he had to be like "Damn, I was just joking!" in his mind, like if Cedric the entertainer, like if he said something like "They were so pale" to a White girl basket ball team, people would laugh and brush it off. I get where people are coming from with this, because it's not like the guy goes around saying he hates Black people. It's not like he's actually racist. And people who are racist are making it seem like he is by blaming all Black people for the controversy, when if it were me, I'd laugh with him. I have White friends, hear White people around my way joke with Black people, and they get along. They know it's just joking.
Reply:suggest you do some research on the "HOT 97 Tsunami Song".
A song on a predominantly black radio station ridiculing the predominantly asian victims of the 2004 Tsunami. People were suspended, even fired, for the song.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hot_97#tsun...
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Poem help: After the burial by James Russel lowe. Need to find how it mirrors his feelings using metaphor/ etc
Also how does tone in the poem mirror his daughter's death:
Yes, faith is a goodly anchor;
When skies are sweet as a psalm,
At the bows it lolls so stalwart,
In its bluff, broad-shouldered calm.
And when over breakers to leeward
The tattered surges are hurled,
It may keep our head to the tempest,
With its grip on the base of the world.
But, after the shipwreck, tell me
What help in its iron thews,
Still true to the broken hawser,
Deep down among sea-weed and ooze?
In the breaking gulfs of sorrow,
When the helpless feet stretch out
And find in the deeps of darkness
No footing so solid as doubt,
Then better one spar of Memory
One broken plank of the Past,
That our human heart may cling to,
Though hopeless of shore at last!
To the spirit its splendid conjectures,
To the flesh its sweet despair,
Its tears o’er the thin-worn locket
With its anguish of deathless hair!
Immortal? I feel it and know it,
Who doubts it of such as she?
But that is the pang’s very secret, -
Immortal away from me.
There’s a narrow ridge in the graveyard
Would scarce stay a child in his race,
But to me and my thought it is wider
Than the star-sown vague of Space.
Your logic, my friend, is perfect,
Your moral most drearily true;
But, since the earth clashed on her coffin,
I keep hearing that, and not you.
Console if you will, I can bear it;
‘Tis a well-meant alms of breath;
But not all the preaching since Adam
Has made Death other than Death.
It is pagan; but wait till you feel it,-
That jar of our earth, that dull shock
When the ploughshare of deeper passion
Tears down to our primitive rock.
Communion in spirit! Forgive me,
But I, who am earthly and weak,
Would give all my incomes from dreamland
For a touch of her hand on my cheek.
That little shoe in the corner,
So worn and wrinkled and brown,
With its emptiness confutes you,
And argues your wisdom down.
Poem help: After the burial by James Russel lowe. Need to find how it mirrors his feelings using metaphor/ etc
Don't know if it helps but a quick search found this from the book "A Broken Heart Still Beats" by Anne McCracken %26amp; Mary Semel:
"Three of James Russell Lowell's children died in childhood. Lowell wrote this poem in 1850 after the death of his second child, Rose. He is responding to a friend who attempts to console him with talk of faith and immortality."
There's not much else out there on Google. You might try the Homework Help section here on Yahoo! Answers.
You might try looking at it a little closer too ... for example ... his use of the word "shipwreck" is a metaphor for what his daughter's death has done to life as he knows it. Good luck.
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Yes, faith is a goodly anchor;
When skies are sweet as a psalm,
At the bows it lolls so stalwart,
In its bluff, broad-shouldered calm.
And when over breakers to leeward
The tattered surges are hurled,
It may keep our head to the tempest,
With its grip on the base of the world.
But, after the shipwreck, tell me
What help in its iron thews,
Still true to the broken hawser,
Deep down among sea-weed and ooze?
In the breaking gulfs of sorrow,
When the helpless feet stretch out
And find in the deeps of darkness
No footing so solid as doubt,
Then better one spar of Memory
One broken plank of the Past,
That our human heart may cling to,
Though hopeless of shore at last!
To the spirit its splendid conjectures,
To the flesh its sweet despair,
Its tears o’er the thin-worn locket
With its anguish of deathless hair!
Immortal? I feel it and know it,
Who doubts it of such as she?
But that is the pang’s very secret, -
Immortal away from me.
There’s a narrow ridge in the graveyard
Would scarce stay a child in his race,
But to me and my thought it is wider
Than the star-sown vague of Space.
Your logic, my friend, is perfect,
Your moral most drearily true;
But, since the earth clashed on her coffin,
I keep hearing that, and not you.
Console if you will, I can bear it;
‘Tis a well-meant alms of breath;
But not all the preaching since Adam
Has made Death other than Death.
It is pagan; but wait till you feel it,-
That jar of our earth, that dull shock
When the ploughshare of deeper passion
Tears down to our primitive rock.
Communion in spirit! Forgive me,
But I, who am earthly and weak,
Would give all my incomes from dreamland
For a touch of her hand on my cheek.
That little shoe in the corner,
So worn and wrinkled and brown,
With its emptiness confutes you,
And argues your wisdom down.
Poem help: After the burial by James Russel lowe. Need to find how it mirrors his feelings using metaphor/ etc
Don't know if it helps but a quick search found this from the book "A Broken Heart Still Beats" by Anne McCracken %26amp; Mary Semel:
"Three of James Russell Lowell's children died in childhood. Lowell wrote this poem in 1850 after the death of his second child, Rose. He is responding to a friend who attempts to console him with talk of faith and immortality."
There's not much else out there on Google. You might try the Homework Help section here on Yahoo! Answers.
You might try looking at it a little closer too ... for example ... his use of the word "shipwreck" is a metaphor for what his daughter's death has done to life as he knows it. Good luck.
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