>>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. >