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| The Booker T Washington Society e-Newsletter February 2009 |
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Time for Honest Debate...
It is time to move beyond superficialities to engage in healthy debate over substantial matters. To do so, color must be off the table. All eyes today are fixated on our economy. But if history is any guide, race issues are inevitably allowed to surface if they are seen to advance one party's interests. Over the next months and years, there will be epic battles over the soul and direction of our Republic. We are thrilled that the new leader of the Republican party is Michael Steele. Not because he is black, but because we expect he will be free to articulate a philosophy different than President Obama's without the distraction of race cards played by his political opponents. Today, the liberal agenda espoused by Barack Obama holds sway. But the conservative objectives that Michael Steele represents and that Booker T. Washington espoused may eventually win out. Either way, our nation will be the better, one hopes, for healthier debates make less toxic with race a non-issue. Case in point: Welfare reform enacted during the Clinton years was successful because its objective was to get people back to work, not to foster a culture of dependency-on-government. It was initiated and enacted solely because -- there's no tactful way to put it -- Pres. Clinton was forced to cave. Yes, it may be overly optimistic to expect principles to trump politics consistently. But this time, the health of our nation depends on it.
In this Newsletter:
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| Especially in Today's Economy... |
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Too Many People Go To College
- Issues & Views Newsletter reprise (summer 1995) - by Leon Podles
Despite today's worship of the college credential, most real wealth in our society is still gained not through education and the professions but through entrepreneurial activity. Higher education as it now exists in America simply doesn't develop the qualities of initiative and aggressiveness...
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| Black History... Yadada Yadda... Commentary by Ronald Court |
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When famous soprano Leontyne Price was hailed by an opera critic as, "perhaps the greatest black opera singer of all time," she responded with, "What's black got to do with it?" Exactly. |
| "Up From History" . . Rave reviews for New BTW Bio |
Click to read the Washington Post's Jonathan Yardley review.
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| Did You Know... |
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The Booker T. Washington Society's staff is all-volunteer and does not accept government funding. That means your dollars go directly to programs that help show young people how to be a "CEO" and take charge of their Character, Education & Opportunity.  |
| Character Matters Commentary by Harris Sherline |
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"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," was perhaps the most widely recognized taunt during the years that Muhammad Ali dominated the fight game. He was and is a larger than life personality, transcending even the ravages of Parkinson's disease, which sidelined him some years ago. Read More... |
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