Relief for Haiti
On his birthday, we recall the words of Dr. King who said, "True compassion is more than just throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society."These words instruct us this year upon Haiti, where once again the poverty of its inhabitants has been exposed but so also has the poverty of ideas and initiative for lifting the Hemisphere's poorest country out of its tragedy and despair.
Where the peabrains and the bigots see nothing but race-based immorality or divine punishment in the destruction of the Haitian capital city, others see a great hope surrounding the commonality of all humankind, a call to assist but not to seek profit in return. Haitians need our relief contributions in the short-term. Give today to a reliable organization like UNICEF and mark it on your calendars to give again a year from today. In the long-term, they need our collective commitment to help lift up and reshape. This demands political accountability in the United States as well.
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Pat Robertson claimed last week that Haitians had entered into "a pact with the devil" in return for their independence from the French in 1804, and he can go fuck himself. Anybody who backs this guy and calls him or herself a "Christian" should realize that the good reverend is equating the resistance of slavery with a rejection of Christ.
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Haiti's most indelible mark upon the culture of the United States may be best identified through our port city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Quote of the day: Former NBA star Olden Polynice, a native of Haiti, "Pat Robertson can suck a big one-- you can quote me on that. He is not a man of God and shouldn't claim to be. You can quote me on that. Please."
posted by CM @ 8:50 PM
2 Comments:
On that quote of the day: "suck a big" what? Sounds like using homophobia to denounce idiotic religious zealotry. Equally scary.
I'll bet he meant an egg.
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