Posted on 02/07/2013 1:13:27 AM PST by JohnHuang2
At the inauguration just past, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee shoehorned a quote by Alex Haley into his introduction of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
“The late Alex Haley, the author of ‘Roots,’ lived his life by these six words: ‘Find the good and praise it,’” said Alexander. “Today we praise the American tradition of transferring or reaffirming immense power as we inaugurate the president of the United States.”
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Like so many patronizing gestures by establishment Republicans to minority communities, Alexander’s forced non-sequitur rang hollow. Haley was the last person he should have been holding up as a role model on Inauguration Day.
Haley did not find the good in America, just the opposite. Despite the easy-going tone of “Roots,” a mega 1976 best-seller that is still being read and watched by unsuspecting schoolchildren, Haley quietly laid out an indictment against the United States that was always loaded and often gratuitous.
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Alex WHO?
There was an episode of “Family Guy” that showed slaves being captured with a net by white men. I’m sure this now kids today think it happened.
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