tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054262254035639974.post8933813428830037675..comments2023-04-28T06:44:05.236-05:00Comments on Spirit of Black Paris: Signs of Progress in Black France?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475921988619277002noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054262254035639974.post-20351046478342175842009-05-13T17:35:00.000-05:002009-05-13T17:35:00.000-05:00WalterB: Sorry to be a bit off-topic, but I'm not ...WalterB: Sorry to be a bit off-topic, but I'm not familiar with any court decision challenging Obama's citizenship. Can you provide a news article or a cite to it? Obama's mother was certainly a US citizen, her roots in the US go back to colonial times. <br /><br />And even if she were not, Obama would be a citizen by virtue of having been born in Hawaii. My parents were not US citizens when I was born, but I was a US citizen from the moment of my first breath in Chicago.<br /><br />NeishaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054262254035639974.post-44441349979427694362008-12-05T13:19:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:19:00.000-05:00So right you are, Walter. And thank you for your c...So right you are, Walter. And thank you for your comments. Up to now, the French have felt superior to America, while at the same time admirative of her forward-thinkingness except when it came to treatment of Blacks. The French as an institution is still somewhat resistant to this change among their own Black population but where culture shift comes into play, it seems to me, is in certain people like Sarkozy's wife and her declarations and push power. And, not wanting to look backward, as the French are absolutely horrified of, they will and have started talking of their own shifts.<BR/><BR/>It is such a proud moment for African-America to generate this earthquake of a global change. And that's been our history all along - through jazz, through Josephine's activism, through the writings of Wright and Baldwin. And we continue on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054262254035639974.post-77829819200233334942008-12-05T13:05:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:05:00.000-05:00Current actions in the USA do seem a contradiction...Current actions in the USA do seem a contradiction in the progress of race relations between France and the United States. France is further behind in the integration of Blacks into government while America has just elected a Black President. One would have expected that France would have been ahead of the United States in obtaining equality of the races. <BR/><BR/>In the USA there are still strong holds of racism, which can be seen in headlines today, which a court threw out a suit claiming the Obama is not a US citizen due to the fact that both parents were not citizens (a requirement that has never been part of the law).<BR/><BR/>It is a mark of cultural shift that the extreme politics of the past 8 years in the US have led to this dramatic change. Maybe there will be a time when a similar swing of the political pendulum will cause France to be more open to the actual election of "people of color" to their government. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it will take an American Black in Paris to wake up the Frence as to the potential of ALL BLACKS to the Frence people (remember Josephine Baker!).WalterBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836684835654145409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054262254035639974.post-14124631759708886432008-12-05T13:00:00.000-05:002008-12-05T13:00:00.000-05:00It does seem a contradiction in the progress of ra...It does seem a contradiction in the progress of race relations between France and the United States. France is further behind in the integration of Blacks into government while America has just elected a Black President. One would have expected that France would have been ahead of the United States in obtaining equality of the races. <BR/><BR/>In the USA there are still strong holds of racism, which can be seen in headlines today, which a court through out a suit claiming the Obama is not a US citizen due to the face that both parents were not citizens (a requirement that has never been part of the law).<BR/><BR/>It is a mark of cultural shift that the extreme politics of the past 8 years in the US have led to this dramatic change. Maybe there will be a time when a similar swing of the political pendulum will cause France to be more open to the actual election of "people of color" to their government.<BR/><BR/>Walter BWalterBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836684835654145409noreply@blogger.com