Harry Belafonte Says Obama Lacks "Moral Compass"

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298. Howling ignorance, indeed. Even here on DU, the lack of knowledge (or even the skill to look

up something on Wikipedia) astounds me. Now, I haven't looked up Mr Belafonte on Wikipedia because, like a lot of DUers here, I LIVED through the civil rights era and am well aware of how Mr B put himself out there for the good of society, and how that society back then could be pretty damned nasty to black people who stuck their necks out.

And that's another point -- even Wikipedia can't give you the feeling of the times, the nasty emotions that could boil over into killing, etc. Only if you live through it or are extremely empathetic could you "get" just what Mr B. and others endured. That is lacking in many posts here -- and is probably one reason why the human race seems doomed to do the same insane shit century after century. Few can seem to learn from others' experiences; they have to suffer it directly.