Happy Thanksgiving
Biko Agozino
Cornelius Hamelberg
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On Nov 25, 2024, at 03:47, 'Biko Agozino' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
It is Thanksgiving week. It was first proclaimed as a public holiday by Lincoln in 1863 soon after the emancipation proclamation to end slavery and mobilize over two hundred thousand African Americans to help defend the Union. Was Lincoln thanking the Africans for helping to save the Union? Happy Thanksgiving, What are you thankful for this year?Biko
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Cornelius Hamelberg
I just obtained permission from the author, to share this 👍
David Kessler
18:55 (1 hour ago)
to me
Yes! It's "shareware" for all to enjoy!
The opposite of copyright!
David sipping coffee in bright sunlight!
THANKSGIVING GRACE 2024
Thanksgiving’s our foundational ritual.
Cranberries, turkey, the menu’s quite traditional.
Did that Pilgrim feast really happen, or is it largely fable?
Did Wampanoags truly welcome migrants to their table?
Toward the safety of these shores, refugees still stream,
Of a decent life for families, they desperately dream.
From climate’s deadly impact, from drought and flood they flee-
From genocidal armies without mercy.
They’re hungry for security and freedom to secure.
They risk their lives to reach our tarnished golden door.
Hondurans, Haitians, and Somalis now play the roles
Once filled by Jews and Irish, Sicilians and Poles.
Americans are forged from folks of every faith and hue,
Most of us descend from desperate migrants too!
So, Welcome them! In harmony all can thrive,
If we protect the Earth, our precious common hive.
Let’s lift our cups in Hope that freedom will endure
And though it seems impossible, let’s put an end to war.
David Kessler
Biko Agozino
Cornelius Hamelberg
Re - “Kessler still managed to avoid mentioning the African forced presence in the Thanksgiving ritual.”
Give me a break ! He did not “ manage to avoid “ anything..He was not writing a campaign speech for Kamala Harris or a history tome to be examined by Molefi Kete Asante.
The man you mention ( David Kessler) himself is a mensch and perhaps / perhaps not he will address your concerns in person, because, as mensch he has taken Vayikra / Leviticus 19 :13 to heart : ”You shall not oppress your fellow. You shall not rob. The hired worker's wage shall not remain with you overnight until morning.” - and by extension this clearly implies reparations / compensation / back wages, in line with The Staple Singers’ “When will we be paid for the work we've done?”
You are of course free to write your own ode
so am I
so was Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July, here in prose
To be fair to David, he cast his net even further, and for context, total transparency, here’s the whole conversation, so that you understand what I mean
David Kessler
Thu 21 Nov, 14:34 (7 days ago)
to David, bcc: me
THANKSGIVING GRACE
Thanksgiving’s our foundational ritual.
Cranberries, turkey, the menu’s quite traditional.
Did that Pilgrim feast really happen, or is it largely fable?
Did Wampanoags truly welcome migrants to their table?
Toward the safety of these shores, refugees still stream,
Of a decent life for families, they desperately dream.
From climate’s deadly impact, from drought and flood they flee-
From genocidal armies without mercy.
They’re hungry for security and freedom to secure.
They risk their lives to reach our tarnished golden door.
Hondurans, Haitians, and Somalis now play the roles
Once filled by Jews and Irish, Sicilians and Poles.
Americans are forged from folks of every faith and hue,
Most of us descend from desperate migrants too!
So, Welcome them! In harmony all can thrive,
If we protect the Earth, our precious common hive.
Let’s lift our cups in Hope that freedom will endure
And though it seems impossible, let’s put an end to war.
-David Kessler
Missing in our recent election was recognition of the humanity of migrants at our borders. Being the best cop isn't the only thing to address the issue.
Please let me know if you would like this grace as a WORD file. DK.
Cornelius Hamelberg
21 Nov 2024, 17:05 (7 days ago)
to David :
The New Colossus sentiments are beautiful, but doesn’t David have any reservations about the influx of Central and South American Mafioso also only “yearning to breathe free” ?
David Kessler
Thu 21 Nov, 17:17 (7 days ago)
to me :
Perhaps if we stopped arming them and left a little bit of the money we extract from many of their countries lying around for them, we might have less of a problem that way. But in any event, people can be vetted, imperfect as that might be. We can't slam the door in the face of the genuinely endangered because of our own fears that can be exaggerated to serve the propaganda wishes of political actors.
But what I am saying is that realizing that these are human beings, and should be treated with respect not labelled en masse as criminals.
Thanks for paying attention, Corn, we will have to figure this out. Hope you are doing well! Stay warm up there!
David
Cornelius Hamelberg
21 Nov 2024, 21:10 (7 days ago)
to David :
Got you right with ”Being the best cop isn't the only thing to address the issue.”
Confirmed and agreed : “But in any event, people can be vetted, imperfect as that might be. We can't slam the door in the face of the genuinely endangered because of our own fears that can be exaggerated to serve the propaganda wishes of political actors.”
If only David Harrrison had emphasised this - not that it would have got his Kamala elected…
Over here gang criminality with immigrants that look like me, en masse, one tribe: niggers, criminals occupying the lower strata as errand boys and torpedoes is the basis of sympathising with the need for vetting where you are
Over there in Gaza, a ceasefire would achieve the pikuach nefesh of the surviving hostages, so, why the delay? Because Netanyahu wants to postpone facing corruption charges?
Cornelius Hamelberg
24 Nov 2024, 23:06 (4 days ago)
to David :
Happy Thanksgiving !
Yes, it's a marvellous po-em says my Better Half and we would both appreciate it as a WORD file...
David Kessler
Attachments
Sun 24 Nov, 23:25 (4 days ago)
to me :
Corn, it's a lovely sunny chilly afternoon here in Berkeley! Must be late on a dark night in Sweden. As the world spins!
Here's the text, with a special bonus attachment! Enjoy!
David
( A photo of him & His Better Half ; the poem
Cornelius Hamelberg
Wed 27 Nov, 18:44 (5 hours ago)
to David
Hi David Heraclitus
Was wondering if I could forward you poem et ell to our forum to add the cream to this thread :
https://groups.google.com/g/usaafricadialogue/c/0pr7I05ze2M
A yes would do, no is also Ok
( David is also a specialist on Heraclitus, hence “ David Heraclitus )
David Kessler
Wed 27 Nov, 18:55 (5 hours ago)
to me :
Yes! It's "shareware" for all to enjoy!
The opposite of copyright!
David sipping coffee in bright sunlight!
Cornelius Hamelberg
27 Nov 2024, 20:30 (4 hours ago)
to David :
Muchas gracias (as Herr Strehl the Sheikh of Cookery would say)
better still, toda raba - make your choice, it's the only staple on the menu.
Almighty Compassion vs cruel-ty. David sipping coffee in bright sunlight:
much too much Saul’s mighty weakness: too much chesed.
Whoever said Heaven is cold, unlike the other place?
BTW, Berkley, California Dreamin etc, I hate the Swedish Winter
And with climate change it's getting nuclear.
Stockholm, winter of '72, I froze right to the bone
It was February, statistically the coldest month in heaven
I walked from Reimersholme, where we lived, all the way
To central Stockholm, entered the shoe shop and the
Shop Assistant kindly enquired, " Can I help you Sir?"
David, I wanted to say something but like Christopher Columbus
It was at that moment that I discovered, not America
I discovered my mouth was frozen