Rocco Mediate wins First Place for Quote of the last century, this century and the one which is to come,
"""Unbelievable," Mediate said. "I knew he'd make it."""
Motivated to succeed by White Racism (examples; list not meant to be exhaustive. )
Jesse Owens - 1939 in Hitler's Germany
Joe Louis
Jackie Robinson
Althea Gibson
Wilma Rudolph
Muhammad Ali
Made by Black Coaches to end White Racism
Grambling Tigers - Eddie Robinson
Venus and Sirena Williams - Their Dad
Tiger Woods - His Dad
Barack Obama - Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. "When your mother and your father forsake you, the Lord will take you UP."
Bob Cross - My Grandmother.
Who is your Coach? Add your name to the list and let's embrace "YES WE CAN."
"I feel mighty good this morning children, and NO, I do not wish I had been born White. I wish, hope and pray that all my sick White sisters and brothers be born again."
When I was a boy, growing up on the under side of the Mason Dixon line, I wasn't allowed to be a caddy at my hometown country club. The White racist Conservatives who ran the place, and their descendents who still can't stand the word "quota," told me, "we already have 2 colored boys working here."
I could see the golf balls on the greens, from the driveway, as I washed Dr. and Mrs. Snowden's cars. My grandmother, my mother and I worked for the Snowdens.
Dr. Snowden's dad worked in a Kentucky coal mine, and sent his son to medical school. Old money was not his privilege - white skin was.
My grandmother died in 1970. My mother died in 1990. The last time I was back down home, a couple years ago, Dr. Snowden was still alive.
I'm still here today 'cause I believe I'm supposed to see it and be it in my lifetime." signed - An Old Black Dude in Columbus, Oh. 6/16/2008
"I might not get there with you, but we as a people will make it to the promised land." Dr. M.L. King Jr. 1968.
"""Unbelievable," Mediate said. "I knew he'd make it."""
OBAMA '08!!!
