>>was it a victory?
>
>that you can type this while seated in an air-conditioned
>office.
>
>do you know how many of your grandmothers endured rape and
>torture just so YOU could sit there where you sit now? b/c
>those women could've just given up. they could've jumped off
>the side of the ship during the middle passage - as many ppl
>did. i dunno if you saw 12 Years a Slave - but in the movie
>one slave asks another to kill her. b/c she can't take it.
>that could've been your ppl. but they didn't. and they
>didn't (at least some of them) in part b/c they wanted a
>better life for YOU. YOU are their victory. they didn't get
>it in their lifetime. they're getting it now through us.
>