[NTA] FW: Frederick Douglass on PRESIDENT OBAMA and the Republicans
- From: "Ericsson, Aprille J. (GSFC-5050)" <aprille.j.ericsson@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:02:14 -0500
Many people wonder why Republican legislators are so hard on President Obama.
Frederick Douglass gave us the answer many years ago.
"Though the colored man is no longer subject to barter and sale, he is
surrounded by an adverse settlement which fetters all his movements. In his
downward course he meets with no resistance, but his course upward is resented
and resisted at every step of his progress. If he comes in ignorance, rags and
wretchedness he conforms to the popular belief of his character, and in that
character he is welcome; but if he shall come as a gentleman, a scholar and a
statesman, he is hailed as a contradiction to the national faith concerning his
race, and his coming is resented as impudence. In one case he may provoke
contempt and derision, but in the other he is an affront to pride and provokes
malice."
Frederick Douglass
September 25, 1883
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