Occupy Wall Street Silenced John Lewis? [View all]

[JustAnotherGen]

Did I miss this?

http://www.salon.com/2011/10/13/the_man_who_blocked_john_lewis_speaks/

The moment where Congressman Lewis wasn’t allowed to speak to Occupy Atlanta has become racially charged. It looks like a predominantly white crowd turning away a black civil rights hero. So I hate to try to put you in a bubble, but how do you characterize your own ethnicity?

No, it’s OK, I think the move to pretend to “color-blindness” is very dangerous. My four grandparents come from Italy, Africa and Spain. I’m a quarter black. In terms of “bubbles,” when I’m filling out forms, I bubble in Latino, black and white. Growing up in Pearl River, my friends were Irish Catholic, and being of mixed race, I was the minority. I’ve never been white enough for the whites, or Latino enough for the Latinos; it’s actually the black community that I’ve felt most at home with. So it’s ironic, the John Lewis thing.

http://www.thesavvysista.com/2011/10/man-who-blocked-congresmen-john-lewis.html

OK, you realize that sounds condescending: “the real black community.” Who’s the real black community? Who decides that?

That might have been crude. I’m talking about the segment of the black community here that feels ignored and disenfranchised. Here in Atlanta, there’s very much a class divide. I think a lot of black leadership, and black church leadership, tends to be separated from the urban poor black community. Politically, things have to be pretty noncontroversial for many in the official black church to get involved, and when they do, their answer is, go out and vote for the Democrats! That’s very unsatisfying to a lot of us

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John Lewis on Twitter: "You cannot be afraid to speak up ...

https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/489435720130785280

A true hero: @repjohnlewis You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage. 1 retweet 2 favorites.

John Lewis didn't just 'march' - he



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Now he says stuff like this -


And wow - he wants us to get on up and get in trouble!


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This happened

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A plutocratic 1 percenter oligarchy socialist communist capitalist millionaire who is against he 99% did that.

Who knew?