Comments on: What I Want for Kwanzaa http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/2008/12/what-i-want-for-kwanzaa/ Reflections on race, gender, class and culture as seen through the prism of the Obama presidency. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:37:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Sparky http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/2008/12/what-i-want-for-kwanzaa/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Sparky Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:12:20 +0000 http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/?p=395#comment-35 Ah -ok. Thanks for explaining further :) I didn't know about the scrambling of slave histories and families issue. Ah -ok. Thanks for explaining further :) I didn’t know about the scrambling of slave histories and families issue.

]]> By: QueenTiye http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/2008/12/what-i-want-for-kwanzaa/comment-page-1/#comment-34 QueenTiye Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:55:42 +0000 http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/?p=395#comment-34 Reparations are intended to repair a harm caused through the actions of a government. In this case, the harm is the (sometimes deliberate) scrambling of slave histories and families. DNA testing is abailable to all, but the government paying for it for one group is the government acknowledging its responsibility. QT Reparations are intended to repair a harm caused through the actions of a government. In this case, the harm is the (sometimes deliberate) scrambling of slave histories and families. DNA testing is abailable to all, but the government paying for it for one group is the government acknowledging its responsibility.

QT

]]> By: Sparky http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/2008/12/what-i-want-for-kwanzaa/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Sparky Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:11:27 +0000 http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/?p=395#comment-33 You say Europeans take our sense of lineage for granted... But you don't mention white Americans. How might they feel about black people getting access to this resource that lets them see where they are from, when this resource is not accessible to them also? Surely they might also like to know from whence they came? They might for instance like to know which part of Europe they came from...? Sparky You say Europeans take our sense of lineage for granted…

But you don’t mention white Americans. How might they feel about black people getting access to this resource that lets them see where they are from, when this resource is not accessible to them also? Surely they might also like to know from whence they came?

They might for instance like to know which part of Europe they came from…?

Sparky

]]> By: QueenTiye http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/2008/12/what-i-want-for-kwanzaa/comment-page-1/#comment-32 QueenTiye Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:21:32 +0000 http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/?p=395#comment-32 thanks for posting, jon. As I mentioned - I'm going to post over at the Ideas for Change competition and am grateful that you alerted me to it. Any suggestions for how to make a successful post? QT thanks for posting, jon. As I mentioned – I’m going to post over at the Ideas for Change competition and am grateful that you alerted me to it. Any suggestions for how to make a successful post?

QT

]]> By: jon http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/2008/12/what-i-want-for-kwanzaa/comment-page-1/#comment-31 jon Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:46:31 +0000 http://obamaproject.windonwater.net/?p=395#comment-31 Interesting idea, QT. Have you considered submitting it in the Ideas for Change competition. There are only a handful of entries in <a href="http://www.change.org/ideas/browse/race" rel="nofollow">the Race category</a> and so with some promotion it would stand a good chance of getting to the second round -- which might in turn lead to broader discussion. True, it would be after Kwanzaa, but still ... jon Interesting idea, QT. Have you considered submitting it in the Ideas for Change competition. There are only a handful of entries in the Race category and so with some promotion it would stand a good chance of getting to the second round — which might in turn lead to broader discussion.

True, it would be after Kwanzaa, but still …

jon

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