tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post3731056061028248570..comments2023-10-12T05:22:07.181-04:00Comments on The Prichard Blog!: "Look up and out and into your sister's eyes" (Brown anniversary)SPWestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post-51925852785137651182010-05-19T17:15:33.015-04:002010-05-19T17:15:33.015-04:00Susan,
This was a lovely tribute - thank you! May ...Susan,<br />This was a lovely tribute - thank you! May we all unlive history and courageously ensure that it is not lived again!Lu Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post-45368804994571024072010-05-19T12:52:45.387-04:002010-05-19T12:52:45.387-04:00Lynda,
Brown was indeed only one of the giant ste...Lynda,<br /><br />Brown was indeed only one of the giant steps needed--and the walk is indeed unfinished. <br /><br />Desegregation strikes me as too weak a word. I want life organized as a potluck where different people bring different dishes to the table and feast on all the variety. <br /><br />Integration isn't quite right, either, because it could too easily sound like we want to end up just one flavor, rather than savor all of it.<br /><br />Secretary Duncan's words about equity and achievement also stuck me as quite right about part of it, but too cool, still missing the energy and pleasure of sharing a community.<br /><br />The way I wrote it last year was that "our common schools embody our delight in one another's company." Even that, of course, is one of those being/becoming things, part happening and part still needing us to struggle to make it happen.SPWestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post-60292129184835872382010-05-19T11:46:32.298-04:002010-05-19T11:46:32.298-04:00Susan, Thanks for reminding us that this is an exc...Susan, Thanks for reminding us that this is an excellent time in our history to recommit to the ideal of public school desegregation. Changing the law did not by itself accomplish this goal and thus, de facto segregation is still very much in evidence. Poetry is a wonderful way to mark this anniversary because it speaks to our hearts and souls and reminds us of our common humanity. And perhaps inspires us to continue the struggle...Lyndanoreply@blogger.com