MetaChat - In Memoriam: Those Black America Lost, 2006

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29 December 2006

In Memoriam: Those Black America Lost, 2006 Coretta Scott King, Lou Rawls, Wilson Pickett, Gordon Parks, Tamara Dobson, Floyd Patterson, James Brown...

post by: matteo at: 13:51 | 8 comments

Wait, Saddam Hussein could be added to that list.

posted by mischief 29 December | 17:20

Oh, duh. I didn't read the 'black'.

posted by mischief 29 December | 17:20

Although judging by the debate I heard on the bus yesterday, some blacks consider Hussein to be kindred.

posted by mischief 29 December | 17:22

Oh, duh. I didn't read the 'black'.

Or the 'American'. :)

posted by taz 29 December | 17:35

reading is overrated

posted by matteo 29 December | 18:11

Not to start a war or anything, but I feel compelled to point out that white America lost them too....

posted by mudpuppie 29 December | 19:29

"Or the 'American'."

Huh? I thought the CIA declassified that document. My bad. Nevermind.

posted by mischief 29 December | 22:49

what makes you think that only black people feel the loss of these people?

posted by jonmc 29 December | 23:32

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