Comments on: ‘Stop Trying to “Save” Africa’ http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2007/07/16/stop-trying-to-save-africa/ A Blog of Ideas Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:48:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Leslie http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2007/07/16/stop-trying-to-save-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Leslie Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:21:04 +0000 http://www.frozentoothpaste.com/2007/07/16/stop-trying-to-save-africa/#comment-208 When the residents of New Orleans were temporarily located to shelter in the state of Texas, a "visit" from the mother of the president garnered a comment from her that these people were 'better off'... "What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for them." –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 5, 2005 (Source) It is this very mindset that "allows" the language used against Africa, that "allowed" its use against Native American "savages". You are what you speak. When the residents of New Orleans were temporarily located to shelter in the state of Texas, a “visit” from the mother of the president garnered a comment from her that these people were ‘better off’…
“What I’m hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for them.” –Former First Lady Barbara Bush, on the hurricane evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Sept. 5, 2005 (Source)

It is this very mindset that “allows” the language used against Africa, that “allowed” its use against Native American “savages”.
You are what you speak.

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