Comments on: Of Chimps, Cartoons and Campus Racism

By: Andrew Wilkes

Andrew Wilkes — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:19:34 +0000

As Caleb said, top-notch. Your scholarly precision, exemplified in your deconstructions of “prophetic speech” and “free speech” (LOL, the form of your assigned topic) were incredibly well-done. As always, your musings provoke searching reflection and promote critical thinking. Thank you for blessing the community – and challenging us – with this wonderful piece.

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By: Cheni Khonje

Cheni Khonje — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:25:40 +0000

Thank you for your admonition against reactionary responses to particular individuals, rather opting for a united examination and correction of the system. Hmm…that means I really have to temper the “Scrappy Doo” equalizer. Nice challenge. You and Michael Franti have it right: we can bomb the world to pieces but we cant bomb it into peace. Right-o: new approach.

By: Caleb Henry

Caleb Henry — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:06:18 +0000

Wow, this was top-notch. I am sad I missed hearing it in its original context. I was especially interested in the cultural ethos of racism and how this is tied to speech. I also found it illuminating, yet discouraging, that our society (and even our churches), measure the morality of situations based on “intentions”. As if indictments of wrongdoing can only concern the individual and their putative ignorance! We blame the social system to avoid individual prosecution, when it should be the case that individual prosecution is an indictment of the social system that is deeply racist