Comments on: Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Obama’s Succcess http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ali http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/comment-page-1/#comment-152768 Ali Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:15:30 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2274#comment-152768 Absolutely fantastic article. I am an African Canadian and I watched, read and listened to any work of Dr. Gates and I think, this is one the best. Thanks for sharing with us. Beautiful! Absolutely fantastic article. I am an African Canadian and I watched, read and listened to any work of Dr. Gates and I think, this is one the best. Thanks for sharing with us. Beautiful!

]]> By: nikcrit http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/comment-page-1/#comment-150558 nikcrit Fri, 15 May 2009 23:13:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2274#comment-150558 Yes, it was a shining moment in our nation's history. But please don't consider me pessimistic to point out that, in terms of racial matters, this nation has historically moved forward for long periods of time, but has also regressed for equally long durations. many would agree that to be afro-american in the early 20th century in the south might've been a more oppressive time than it was for said folk shortly after reconstruction --- a span of nearly 40 years. it's been slightly more than 40 years than when martin luther king jr. was killed, and i think it would be generally agreed that things are better today than they were then. So, let's not be paranoid; let's rejoice in the good news and, yet, good times, but let's also be respectful by being vigilant --- our ancestral brothers and sisters in the struggle that led to this moment deserve no less, nikcrit. Yes, it was a shining moment in our nation’s history. But please don’t consider me pessimistic to point out that, in terms of racial matters, this nation has historically moved forward for long periods of time, but has also regressed for equally long durations. many would agree that to be afro-american in the early 20th century in the south might’ve been a more oppressive time than it was for said folk shortly after reconstruction — a span of nearly 40 years. it’s been slightly more than 40 years than when martin luther king jr. was killed, and i think it would be generally agreed that things are better today than they were then. So, let’s not be paranoid; let’s rejoice in the good news and, yet, good times, but let’s also be respectful by being vigilant — our ancestral brothers and sisters in the struggle that led to this moment deserve no less, nikcrit.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/comment-page-1/#comment-150557 Anonymous Fri, 15 May 2009 23:12:58 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2274#comment-150557 Yes, it was a shining moment in our nation's history. But please don't consider me pessimistic to point out that, in terms of racial matters, this nation has historically moved forward for long periods of time, but has also regressed for equally long durations. many would agree that to be afro-american in the early 20th century in the south might've been a more oppressive time than it was for said folk shortly after reconstruction --- a span of nearly 40 years. it's been slightly more than 40 years than when martin luther king jr. was killed, and i think it would be generally agreed that things are better today than they were then. So, let's not be paranoid; let's rejoice in the good news and, yet, good times, but let's also be respectful by being vigilant --- our ancestral brothers and sisters in the struggle that led to this moment deserve no less, nikcrit. Yes, it was a shining moment in our nation’s history. But please don’t consider me pessimistic to point out that, in terms of racial matters, this nation has historically moved forward for long periods of time, but has also regressed for equally long durations. many would agree that to be afro-american in the early 20th century in the south might’ve been a more oppressive time than it was for said folk shortly after reconstruction — a span of nearly 40 years. it’s been slightly more than 40 years than when martin luther king jr. was killed, and i think it would be generally agreed that things are better today than they were then. So, let’s not be paranoid; let’s rejoice in the good news and, yet, good times, but let’s also be respectful by being vigilant — our ancestral brothers and sisters in the struggle that led to this moment deserve no less, nikcrit.

]]> By: Miriam Meckel » Blog Archiv » Warten auf uns selbst http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/comment-page-1/#comment-149014 Miriam Meckel » Blog Archiv » Warten auf uns selbst Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:02:10 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2274#comment-149014 [...] Tag nach der Wahl Barack Obamas schreibt er: “We have all heard stories about those few magical transformative moments in African [...] [...] Tag nach der Wahl Barack Obamas schreibt er: “We have all heard stories about those few magical transformative moments in African [...]

]]> By: Murray Gow http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/comment-page-1/#comment-147908 Murray Gow Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:36:10 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2274#comment-147908 Brilliant! I shall highly recommend this article in our weekly newsletter. Brilliant! I shall highly recommend this article in our weekly newsletter.

]]> By: SchlagerBlog » Blog Archive » Henry Louis Gates on Obama, the Emancipation Proclamation, and African American history http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/comment-page-1/#comment-147886 SchlagerBlog » Blog Archive » Henry Louis Gates on Obama, the Emancipation Proclamation, and African American history Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:10:10 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2274#comment-147886 [...] at the Oxford University Press blog, the historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. has written a wonderful piece about Obama’s election to the presidency. (You may have heard Gates read this same piece on [...] [...] at the Oxford University Press blog, the historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. has written a wonderful piece about Obama’s election to the presidency. (You may have heard Gates read this same piece on [...]

]]> By: Carol Holmes http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/comment-page-1/#comment-147884 Carol Holmes Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:43:13 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2274#comment-147884 I'm a white woman still mourning the loss of my black hopscotch partners Jean, Joan, and Brenda on our second-grade playground in the late 1940s. Our mothers cooperated in creating a subtle and oh-so-polite separation, making sure that there would be no friendships across color lines in our public school in Pennsylvania. To this day I don't know how they did it. But it was utterly effective. I have grieved and mourned that loss for sixty years. On election day, sobs poured out of me as I registered my vote. Brenda is dead. I don't know where Joan is. Jean and I exchanged Christmas cards once a few years ago and acknowledged the separation. It was healing for me, but no more cards followed. I think this year I'll send another one. But sobs also poured out of me because I am a freelancer for OUP and have been privileged to be part of the work of the Oxford African American Studies Center, most recently on the Encyclopedia of African American History from 1896 to the Present. As I worked on those volumes, I sank deeper and deeper into despair that Obama could ever prevail over the pervasive, unacknowledged racism of this country. I know that even as I write this, the editorial team on AAH is at work updating the sections that were filled with placeholding type on the pages I saw and sending the set to press. And I know I'm not the only one who is weeping. I’m a white woman still mourning the loss of my black hopscotch partners Jean, Joan, and Brenda on our second-grade playground in the late 1940s. Our mothers cooperated in creating a subtle and oh-so-polite separation, making sure that there would be no friendships across color lines in our public school in Pennsylvania. To this day I don’t know how they did it. But it was utterly effective.

I have grieved and mourned that loss for sixty years. On election day, sobs poured out of me as I registered my vote. Brenda is dead. I don’t know where Joan is. Jean and I exchanged Christmas cards once a few years ago and acknowledged the separation. It was healing for me, but no more cards followed. I think this year I’ll send another one.

But sobs also poured out of me because I am a freelancer for OUP and have been privileged to be part of the work of the Oxford African American Studies Center, most recently on the Encyclopedia of African American History from 1896 to the Present. As I worked on those volumes, I sank deeper and deeper into despair that Obama could ever prevail over the pervasive, unacknowledged racism of this country.

I know that even as I write this, the editorial team on AAH is at work updating the sections that were filled with placeholding type on the pages I saw and sending the set to press. And I know I’m not the only one who is weeping.

]]> By: Roda Jama http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/comment-page-1/#comment-147877 Roda Jama Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:20:49 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2274#comment-147877 Dr. Henry Louis Gates jr thank you for writing this essay I am African Canadian and I watched the victory last night and I watched Obama's speach that was amazing and time is comming for the young African generation not only America but around the world and this shows us if you work hard the sky is unlemeted..... Dr. Henry Louis Gates jr thank you for writing this essay I am African Canadian and I watched the victory last night and I watched Obama’s speach that was amazing and time is comming for the young African generation not only America but around the world and this shows us if you work hard the sky is unlemeted…..

]]> By: Jacob Javits Called it For Obama in 1965 « The Blog at 16th and Q http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/gates_obama/comment-page-1/#comment-147876 Jacob Javits Called it For Obama in 1965 « The Blog at 16th and Q Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:37:21 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2274#comment-147876 [...] Oxford University Press blog. Today she published a moving and fascinating essay by Henry Louis Gates Jr.  (I’m told his friends can call him “Skip”)on Barack Obama’s historic [...] [...] Oxford University Press blog. Today she published a moving and fascinating essay by Henry Louis Gates Jr.  (I’m told his friends can call him “Skip”)on Barack Obama’s historic [...]

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