The SOuth!!!!

In one of Dr. King’s letters written from a jail in Birmingham on April 16, 1963, he wrote: “While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.”

While this was written forty-five years ago, as a race of people and human race, we have not come as far as we should have or even as we think. For example, Perry and Forsyth County are southern towns located in southern Georgia that still today practice open racism. As shocking as it may seem, there are still rallies involving the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacy organization that opposes equality for all races and nationalities. How absurd that in 2008 this would still be going on, yet it’s very real in southern Georgia. This was one of the very towns that Dr. King marched in and protested in his day. He sang “We Shall Overcome,” yet we haven’t truly overcome as we are still living in the past.

Southern Experiences - Blog 4

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somthing new besides writing a paper!

If i had the choice to use video to describe my home town, this is the reason why!!!!

Today's interesting LIFE!!!

Today i woke up @ 6am...have shoot around @ 6:30am....then i had to individuals @ 7am. I had to walk up the hill to class...will fill you in later or my next adventure

OMG!!!

What can I say....i am so happy that the week is almost over. This week man o man....it was a killer. We had shoot around, weights, individuals, Class, tutoring, study hall, extra meetings, academic coaching...Life so far as a student athlete, its fun but you have to put alot of time to get better at what you really want to do in the future. I am enjoying myself so far, but i cant wait to see what next week holds.i will keep you posted!!!

a.montgomery #22

BLog #3 for the Confederates in the Attic!

AS i was reading chapter 5 in the Confederates in the Attic. I came across this statement that a character in the book made.

pg.99, Chapter 5
"Chapman smiled sweetly. "BLacks just need to get over slavery," she said, as though talking of the flu. "You can't live in the past."

My thought: Well i am currently a HTS major, and one day we were in class and we had a discussion on sterotypes and gender. We happen to get on the topic of slavery and why African Americans get so mad when other racial groups bring the topic up. It seemed like alot of people had plenty of input on how a African American should feel. But it made me a little upset because all my colleagues were caucasians, and they really thought they knew how a black person should feel.So I put my little input in and I said "We as African Americans, and i think I'm speaking for othere's to... get upset because other racial groups did not have to go through what we went through, and for them to say just forget about it is disrepectful, because racism still exist today. And as black people we still struggle because whites took everything from us and they still do gradually but slowly everyday. As of today we African Americans are still struggling because we are trying to fight for our respect.

So therefore i DISAGREE with this statement.....

Confederates in The Attic: Argument

My argument on Page 44, talks about a monument. The quote from the book says,"I got to worship it everytime i'm stuck at a red light," King said. But before that he had publicly once, questioning at a public meeting why the monument- owned by Sue Curtis's UDC chapter- should stand in the middle of a busy street here. The claim of this section is not to have sympathy for someone when its just a statemtent. The appeal is PaTHOS, due to the emotional appeal that he is stating, and the evidence is on page 44.

Not a Future Navy Seal in Tacoma .....

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Well eventually back in Tacoma, Washington there are no famous artist or famous athletes that are from Tacoma, Washington. BUt this video takes place on the downtown water front. The water front is the biggest lake that we have in Tacoma. Most people spend there fourth of JULY down there and watch the fireworks and have bbq's and etc. But this video is based on field trip that some students had took, and the marines were far out in the water on the ship. The little girl got scared and wanted to get off the boat because she was to far out, so she started freaking out and all the marines started laughing because they never seen anyone freak out like that and start crying. "It was so hilarious, you had to be there."

Where the Baller Stayed Prior to the ATL!

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Alex

LIfe in general

ok so far...dealing with school and all, im staying on schedule and doing what i have to do. The basketball thing we are starting on indivuduals and workouts. Weights can be a killer but got the most part its fun because im spending time with my teammates, and all we do is laugh and goof around and listen to music. As a team we communicate through text and phone calls, i love my teammates.lol