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Louis Farrakhan, Minister of the Nation of Islam and a prolific peddler of anti-semitic, chauvinistic and black supremacist doctrine, is the driving force behind this demonstration. The ostensible purpose of his "Million Man March" is to reaffirm the spirit of black manhood. Conrad Muhammed, a representative of Farrakhan, amplified this idea in a recent speech at the ARCO Forum. According to Muhammed, "If the black man continues to be the Achilles heal of America, then the future of America does not hold well." The black man is indeed becoming more and more disenfranchised and alienated throughout this country...
...argument that the "message" may be considered independent of the "messenger" is simply not convincing. I would ask West and others who are similarly inclined to imagine what their reaction would be to the following scenario. Tomorrow, David Duke calls a march of one million white men to reaffirm the spirit of American Democracy (i.e. his own particular vision of "American Democracy"). In response, all sorts of prominent white intellectuals, such as Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson and William F. Buckley Jr., come out of the woodwork and volunteer their oratorical services. When asked if they support Duke's agenda, they...
...listened,the Pope told them: "Not everyone here is powerful; not everyone here is rich. In fact, America's sometimes extravagant affluence often conceals much hardship and poverty." Moving to family concerns, the Pontiff called for an immediate end to abortion, and more family stability. "Society must strongly reaffirm the right of the child to grow up in a family in which, as far as possible, both parents are present," he said...
...collective variety...represents an essential educational resource. We all learn in invaluable ways from the experience of living and working with people different from ourselves. We need to reaffirm that value, not retreat from it, in years to come," Rudenstine writes...
More on Windows 95 later in the term. In the meantime, I should mention before closing this week that Apple has just released a new line of laptops that reaffirm the PowerBook's position as the premier portable computing solution. If you are in the market for a laptop, take a close look at the new 5300-series Power-Books...