Facebook is “indescribable” in it’s multi-multi faceted use by more persons in the universe than even Facebook can count. To be sure the ‘Deceased Faces’ that only God can count, remain as a ‘Living Legacy’ to ‘Friends Gone on’; most of which remain in my view as remembrance: Rev. E. Bernard Campbell, Paulette James, Rev. Clyde Anderson, Rebecca Howard Brown, Gaye King and Nicole Daines Gibeaut an Activist and Writer who mailed me copies of 4 of her Books; a woman that I shall never forget as we discovered our view of the world as ultimate concern; and always hoped to meet “Face to Face”.
I speak to the ‘Chameleon’ nature of “The Book”. Most known about the Chameleon is it’s ability to ‘change it’s color’. Camouflage. War going on. Yep. That’s Facebook alright. And then the Chameleon is a climber among the most ancient species of the earth. It’s feet is neither zygodactyl nor didactyl but it’s own peculiar nature that gives rise to a swiftness in movement: ‘now you see it, NOW You… Don’t! It’s ‘stereoscopic vision’ gives it the ability to see in… 3D! Like no other species their eyes function independently of each other giving 360 degree vision! But the Tongue… 1 to 1-1/2 times their body length! And extended with such swiftness that you can become ‘Food’ before ever knowing!
I have come to think of doing a Book of “Facebook Dialogue”. Some of my most challenging and definitive thought has come forth in dialogue with persons… on Facebook. Many disappeared in the middle of the exchange so I began to ‘Screen Shot’… the result of which is as amazing as, well, the Chameleon!
I have several Pages that began as a place and point of Dialogue on points of critical need to know. They have become for me a place of resource and research that way too few persons find engaging. Hard to understand how these Pages came to evolve except by using the words that I have chosen for my Personal Page to describe myself: “A #TruthSeeker and A #LoverOfKnowledge”.
‘Meme’ is described as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, behavior, symbols, or practices, that are placed in the form of a picture. In a single view, the ingenuity of the Meme lies in it’s ability to transmits a thought, a gesture, a ritual, a quote… at it’s best unforgettable information. The Meme provoke response when effectively presented… some make you smile, some make you mad, some will have you #ROTFL… rolling on the floor laughing.
A Meme came across my Feed several years ago that mapped out the Massacres of Blacks in America. It had about 25 listed. As I looked intently at it I only had knowledge of 3 of them! “Rosewood” and, of course “Tulsa”. Using this Meme as motivation to research these Massacres, I started “American Black Massacres History”. This Page alone has taken me into a very real truth that resides in the very fiber of American life and society. When you talk about ‘truth as light’… this Facebook Study reveals a most definitive view of the “American Civil War”. OMG.
I have long charted the periods that America has systemically legislated policies of oppression upon it’s African Born in America Citizenry as so many of our important Scholars have written. But this Study reveals a very critical period yet unknown: “(Emancipated) Contraband”. A period of American History when many of the Massacres took place. I am certain that turning this study into a Facebook Page is what gave rise IN ME to come to know Bryan Stevenson’s Work in Montgomery: “From Slavery to Mass Incarceration” as my ‘Happy Place’. The Truth Seeking! The Love of Knowledge! I don’t care how you get THERE, just, GET THERE… if you can!
Another Facebook Page that I created housed 33 Weeks of Live Podcasting with Rev. Bryan Barnett. “Divided We Fall – Dialogue on the Great Divides”. Neither the time nor the space HERE right now to even… go there.
To close this narrative on FaceBook Dialogue —this one:
“I am responding to your question of my presenting “Semitism and Racism” as Synonyms:
I think that first, the word has to be put back in context!! That is very fundamental to me. To place RACISM against ANTI-Semitism is a total and complete misconception… which, I suspect, has lead to the massive, widespread chaos and confusion surrounding these two concepts.
In my understanding, Racism AND Semitism ARE BOTH -‘isms’ (a system of beliefs). When the prefix ‘anti’ is added to EITHER It must be added to BOTH when looked at comparatively. I then look at what the “believers do WITH THEIR SYSTEM of BELIEFS”. How does their system manifest itself in THEIR LIVES, first; and then, in the life of their community; their Nation; and the Universe at large.
One initial observation I see, is that “Racists” FOCUS the use of their “system of beliefs” for hatred and violent annihilation. While “Semitists” use their “system of beliefs” for self-preservation and advancement.”
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