tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169354.post3514637868079191499..comments2008-06-11T19:21:32.452-07:00Sojournerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486209623511664959noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169354.post-22709480550015370162008-06-11T19:21:00.000-07:002008-06-11T19:21:00.000-07:00wasn't it difficult to try and find the similarities?<BR/><BR/>CI - shines with hearing, speaking.<BR/>ASL - shines with self Deaf, ASL.<BR/><BR/>Big difference.<BR/><BR/>Ali-Sojournerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486209623511664959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169354.post-44306245923062090532008-06-09T05:05:00.000-07:002008-06-09T05:05:00.000-07:00patti, <BR/>great stuff you've written here... Thank you for the title of the book you are reading, am def going to check it out. Glad you thought of Langston Hughes' amazing piece of work because I thought of it when I looked for the quotes I mentioned here. Also, Sojourner Truth has inspired me in many ways. I love her character. Thanks for including her, "Aint I A Woman?" here because it suits the post. <BR/>Am working on going to Milawaukee, I hope I make it.<BR/><BR/>LaRonda, I agree... Thanks for reading.<BR/><BR/>Ali-Sojournerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486209623511664959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169354.post-4168335768149011882008-06-08T08:10:00.000-07:002008-06-08T08:10:00.000-07:00Yes, what are our similarities? This should be the focus of our next few b/vlogs. It may begin to create more solidarity. I like this.<BR/><BR/>Good post.<BR/><BR/>~ LaRondaLaRondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16417090261784701724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169354.post-62722340472409584822008-06-08T05:42:00.000-07:002008-06-08T05:42:00.000-07:00given the title of your blog site - i should have listed Sojourner Truth amongst the others who shouted out peacefully to be seen, understood, and valued<BR/><BR/>one of my all time favorite speeches in US history which u r probably already familiar with but in case not:<BR/><BR/>AIN'T I A WOMAN?<BR/><BR/>by Sojourner Truth<BR/><BR/><BR/>Delivered 1851 at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio<BR/><BR/>Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking about?<BR/>That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?<BR/><BR/>Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights? If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?<BR/><BR/>Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.<BR/><BR/>If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.<BR/><BR/>Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say.<BR/>-------<BR/><BR/>peace <BR/><BR/>patti durrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169354.post-85298340958491524232008-06-08T05:39:00.000-07:002008-06-08T05:39:00.000-07:00as a pacifist - i have a little bit of trouble with the gun thing but overall ur message is really good here<BR/><BR/>im reading a book by bell hooks - Rock My Soul re: African-Americans and self-esteem during the quest for equality - really good stuff if u like race rhetoric / liberation theory / post-colonialism examination (although the "post" part is not 100% clear)<BR/><BR/>back to ur entry above - made me think of:<BR/><BR/>A Dream Deferred<BR/><BR/>by Langston Hughes<BR/><BR/>Langston Hughes homepage<BR/><BR/><BR/>What happens to a dream deferred?<BR/><BR/>Does it dry up <BR/>like a raisin in the sun? <BR/>Or fester like a sore-- <BR/>And then run? <BR/>Does it stink like rotten meat? <BR/>Or crust and sugar over-- <BR/>like a syrupy sweet?<BR/><BR/>Maybe it just sags <BR/>like a heavy load.<BR/><BR/>Or does it explode?<BR/><BR/>-------<BR/><BR/>All oppressed groups have similar journeys - the key is when we explode that it be a form of fireworks and celebration and jubilation via acknowledging our history and our part in it without diminishing and destroying others to get there<BR/><BR/>MLK Jr and Gandhi and Moses and Harriet Tubman (who did have to carry a gun) never advocated for their liberation and equality by trying to hurt those in power - they always simply challenged them with love and firmness and peace - forces often mightier than the sword <BR/><BR/>it takes years, it takes abuses and sometimes deaths sadly, it takes commitment and yes it takes SOLIDARITY<BR/><BR/>we Deaf folks (Big D, small d, newly d, old D, Gay/Lesbian/Transgender/Bi D, people of color (white is a color too) D, young D, yet to be d, CI d/D, hard of hearing D, parents of D, children of D...) have more in common than we do apart<BR/><BR/>we all want to be seen and heard - we r not invisible<BR/><BR/>at the Paris Banquets of the Deaf - almost 200 years ago Berthier is quoted as having signed -<BR/>Forestier at one of the later banquets stated<BR/>"we were isolated in the midst of society; today we are reunited...today we constitute one body...today, we who were not, ARE!"<BR/><BR/>thank u for your plea for us to unite so that we can thereby be seen<BR/><BR/>going to milwaukee??<BR/><BR/>peace<BR/><BR/>patti durrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com