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Date Posted: 10:46:39 02/09/06 Thu
Author: 23
Subject: Re: grammy
In reply to: a light 's message, "grammy" on 06:05:22 02/09/06 Thu

lump - I think the fact that we're in dubya's 2nd term has a lot to do with our educational standards.

One of the things I thought most interesting from that show was a Last Will that was found from the host of the show's ancestor's owner. He freed half his slaves upon his death, and stated the other half could be freed upon his wife's death. So basically, he was recognizing that slavery was wrong and hurt the people he had purchased, but that it wasn't wrong enough to inconvenience his life by freeing them while he (and his wife) were still alive. I can't imagine what kinds of lies these people had to tell themselves to justify their behavior.

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[> Re: grammy -- stillreign, 10:47:28 02/09/06 Thu [1]

I haven't read "Feast of all Saints" in over 20 years. I read the first three Anne Rice novels when they came out. I have re-read Interview but not Feast of all Saints or Cry to Heaven. Sill in my opinion those were the BEST three books the woman would ever write.

That's sad about the schoolbooks these days. At least your son is lucky to have you help him discover more.

When I was a kid my mom bought me a set of encyclopedias on Black History 20+ volumes. I still have them. Maybe I will find a kid to pass them onto some day.

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