Reply #3: Dick Gregory

[Coffee Coyote]

One of the most illuminating insights was from Gregory, who said many white people tuned in because of the possibility of a "bloodbath". It was a reminder that in some ways, there are base human behaviors I wonder if we can EVER overcome. I thought of the current affliction of "reality television", and how that same "bloodbath" voyeuristic instinct is always there in so many people, ready to be tapped.

And so it was in Rome, in the Collosseum. And so it was in thousands of places in our distant and not-so-distant past.

But the courage and moral weight of the civil rights movement prevailed because people fought hard for what is good and right about all of us, and for all of us, and about the ideals our nation is supposed to uphold.

I am sure it will make a great impression on your teen. :-)