Awesome

[marydell]

Closing prayer guy: "If you're black, you don't have to get back; if you're brown, stick around; if you're yellow, you can be mellow; if you're white, do right." 

(Not an exact quote, I'll fix it up once google catches up with things and I can get his name and a proper transcript.)

Reverend Joseph Lowery:  ""We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right"

[CNN has this quote as "black will not ask to give back" but I'm certain it's "get back" because he's referencing a song, I think called "Black, Brown & White."]

Also, the poet lady invoked pagan law (first do no harm) [darn, not really; see comments.] and (probably unintentionally) My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs (spiny/smooth).  

Watched the inauguration in the break room with my teammates at work. Our guy is leading us now. It's a good day.

Comments

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Because she's an advocate of serious and entrenched "racialism," I suppose.

WTF is "racialism," anyway?

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Racialism is racism with a smirk attached.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Fun racism!

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Racism with bad science in tow.

[moondancerdrake.livejournal.com]

Just the idea of that hurts my head.

[real-gone-girl.livejournal.com]

"racialism" is what you call anti-racism, when you're trying to make it sound like racism.