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]]> By: The Racist Mr. Lincoln « Moveable Feast http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/02/10/today-in-blackness-dispelling-the-lincoln-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-384 The Racist Mr. Lincoln « Moveable Feast Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:39:03 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=595#comment-384 [...] Today in Blackness: Dispelling the Lincoln Myth [...] [...] Today in Blackness: Dispelling the Lincoln Myth [...]

]]> By: Moon of AquaMoon http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/02/10/today-in-blackness-dispelling-the-lincoln-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Moon of AquaMoon Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:47:30 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=595#comment-383 @Jennifer Just curious, what's your opinion of Che? @Jennifer

Just curious, what’s your opinion of Che?

]]> By: Moon of AquaMoon http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/02/10/today-in-blackness-dispelling-the-lincoln-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Moon of AquaMoon Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:23:04 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=595#comment-382 Yes he was a racist. Not a question to debate. He didnt free us cuz he loved Black folks so much, this was an economic decision and a means to crippling the south to make way for a thriving industrial north. Slavery is an institution that bred racism in this country. And it depends on which of Lincoln's inaug speeches you read as to what opinion you want to have of him. Yes he was a racist. Not a question to debate. He didnt free us cuz he loved Black folks so much, this was an economic decision and a means to crippling the south to make way for a thriving industrial north. Slavery is an institution that bred racism in this country. And it depends on which of Lincoln’s inaug speeches you read as to what opinion you want to have of him.

]]> By: L http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/02/10/today-in-blackness-dispelling-the-lincoln-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-380 L Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:23:54 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=595#comment-380 Three days before he was shot, Lincoln stood on the second floor of the White House and made a speech to a crowd assembled outside celebrating the recent Union victory over the Confederacy. With his troops and Frederick Douglass very much in mind, Lincoln told the cheering crowd, which had demanded that he come to the window to address them, that he had decided to recommend that his 200,000 black troops and “the very intelligent Negroes” be given the right to vote. While I don't make excuses for his early thoughts on race, I do think it is important to recognize that Lincoln thoughts evolved on the matter. This was due in large part to the persuasiveness of Frederick Douglass. I think we should consider this before we brand Lincoln as a 'racist'. Three days before he was shot, Lincoln stood on the second floor of the White House and made a speech to a crowd assembled outside celebrating the recent Union victory over the Confederacy. With his troops and Frederick Douglass very much in mind, Lincoln told the cheering crowd, which had demanded that he come to the window to address them, that he had decided to recommend that his 200,000 black troops and “the very intelligent Negroes” be given the right to vote.

While I don’t make excuses for his early thoughts on race, I do think it is important to recognize that Lincoln thoughts evolved on the matter. This was due in large part to the persuasiveness of Frederick Douglass. I think we should consider this before we brand Lincoln as a ‘racist’.

]]> By: Malcolm Turner http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/02/10/today-in-blackness-dispelling-the-lincoln-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Malcolm Turner Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:54:19 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=595#comment-378 thank you...not enough people know about this. The great historian Dr. John Henrik Clarke speaks more on the subject. thank you…not enough people know about this. The great historian Dr. John Henrik Clarke speaks more on the subject.

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]]> By: Jennifer http://thisweekinblackness.com/blog/2009/02/10/today-in-blackness-dispelling-the-lincoln-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Jennifer Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:42:42 +0000 http://thisweekinblackness.com/?p=595#comment-373 Could you talk about Che Guevara next, if you haven't already? If I see one more black person in a Che shirt, I'm going to beat them with a copy of The Motorcycle Diaries. Could you talk about Che Guevara next, if you haven’t already? If I see one more black person in a Che shirt, I’m going to beat them with a copy of The Motorcycle Diaries.

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