Thursday, August 28, 2008
Posted by Jamais Jochim
There is nothing more capable of bringing a group together than music. In every celebration music is at the forefront, and has been used to protest conditions since as far back as the Greeks. Nothing ties together armies better than drums coordinating every movement, and even The Bible exults us to send a great noise [...]
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Posted by Jamais Jochim
Can two groups exist side by side when one of them exists solely to spite the other and itself?
Too many within the black community fail to see the advances that have been made over the last few decades, and even think that we have regressed. They think this because they see racism in one context, [...]
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Posted by Jamais Jochim
The fight for equality has a number of fronts, and if we are to finally throw off the chains of inequality we must be prepared to change the way that we think about things. We need to realize that the chains of the past need not follow us into the future.
FLASHBACKS OF THE PAST
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Saturday, December 1, 2007
Posted by Jamais Jochim
Our Founding Fathers felt that the pursuit of happiness was one of the paramount objectives for all citizens. A citizen should be able to pursue his bliss, and should not need to worry about it reducing him to poverty. Thus, any time that a group is oppressed by those that wish to limit its ability [...]
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Posted by Jamais Jochim
Government and religion must always strive to be separate. The best and most current lesson for this is when a Sudanese teacher was recently deported because she named a teddy bear Mohamed. Although there was no malice aforethought on the part of the teacher, she was nonetheless charged for defaming the Holy Prophet of [...]
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Posted by Jamais Jochim
It is interesting that equality still eludes us. What is more interesting is that it is due to the oppressed becoming the oppressed. It is perhaps ironic that African-American culture has become split into two,and that each side sees itself as the correct one. It has been said that a house divided against itself cannot [...]
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Posted by Jamais Jochim
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
THE LIMITATIONS OF PERSONAL WILL
A person should not be limited by what he thinks are limitations. Color of skin, money in wallet, class of birth, and even qualities of gender are ultimately meaningless. Far too many people concentrate on their [...]
Posted by Jamais Jochim
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
The United States is on an interesting threshold. The election in the year 2008 has the possibility of ushering a president who is possibly a not a white man, and that possibility alone makes the election [...]
Posted by Jamais Jochim
INTRODUCTION
When it comes to beginnings it is important to properly introduce yourself. When you properly introduce yourself, the person to whom you are speaking should come away from the experience knowing who you are and what your intent towards him will be. I offer this short missive so that the reader shall know who I [...]