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Rebuttal to Wall Street Journal’s Article
by Clement Timpo
Mr. G. Pascal Zachary’s article that ran in the Wall Street Journal on
March 15 and also in the Chicago Sun Times on March 18 makes for interesting
reading. It is very articulate in dialogue and very convincing in presentation
if you have not yet visited Ghana. My first reaction however, is to the
motive behind the article. Is it his intention to scare and persuade African
Americans from migrating to their ancestral homes, or is the article a
result of a personal experience, which he would like to share with others?
ENAMORED WITH POLITICAL PARTY LABELING
VAUGHN WILSON
A lot of African-Americans are so enamored with political party labeling
that they miss the boat on the reason our ancestors fought oppressive
regimes yesteryears. Crispus Attucks didn’t care if he was a democrat
or republican when he stepped up to combat the enemy in the Boston Massacre.
Frederick Douglass thought less of which political party might benefit
his cause during the underground railroad movement without, dare I say
it, sanction from a political party chairman. Those men and women operated
on the fortitude, bravery, rationale and leadership savvy of freeing Blacks
from bondage. The issue at hand was too imperative to be tossed about
on a political football. This is what I think is going on today. And it’s
why nothing ever gets done on a grand scale for African-Americans in this
country.
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