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Hey _______:
As always, very good to hear fromyou. Your mind is as sharp and inquiring a=
s ever.
As we both know, the civil rightsmovement effected many good changes =E2=80=
=93 still, always a long way to go on allfronts, of course =E2=80=93 but it=
didn=E2=80=99t dislodge the economic royalists et al.As time passed, the o=
ld racist orthodoxy,=E2=80=9CStates Rights and Racial Integrity=E2=80=9D =
=E2=80=93 morphed into what I call =E2=80=9Cthe newmoderate orthodoxy=E2=80=
=9D.Basically, thisboils down to white-washing and =E2=80=9Csanitizing=E2=
=80=9D the old horrors. Its motives areclearly self-serving in the social a=
nd economic senses.This certainly isn=E2=80=99t as pervasive as the oldorth=
odoxy but it does its best to effectively retard and quietly block anything=
that frankly and bluntly and effectively discusses, in analytical fashion, =
thecruel realities of the old, no longer =E2=80=9Crespectable=E2=80=9D raci=
sm.It fully supports economic royalism via stategovernment and media.In pra=
cticalterms, =E2=80=9Cnothing too militant and nothing too radical.=E2=80=
=9DIt=E2=80=99s as against union labor as it=E2=80=99s alwaysbeen.
The new moderate orthodoxy is repletewith revisionism, often factually flaw=
-ridden, some of which ignores and/orsoftens the sins of commission and omi=
ssion =E2=80=93 and some of which is individuallyself-serving in the dishon=
est sense.
This isn=E2=80=99t limited to Mississippi, ofcourse.It=E2=80=99s found broa=
dly.But in the old hard-core regions of Dixie,it=E2=80=99s very pronounced.
In the Jackson situation, it=E2=80=99s nowconsidered quite OK to center on =
the violently attacked Woolworth sit-in =E2=80=93blaming that on young peop=
le while ignoring the roles of adult racistmentorsand the basic systemicori=
gins.It=E2=80=99s considered OK to elevatethe very courageous Medgar Evers =
into sainthood =E2=80=93 an unrealistic status andsomething I think honest =
Medgar would categorically reject =E2=80=93 and ignore thegreat courage of =
thousands of grassroots African Americans and their too-fewnon-black allies=
who comprised the Jackson Movement and its many highlydramatic episodes --=
and who were subjected to the most brutal and bloodyrepression found in an=
y large urban area during the great Movement epoch.=20
This recent essay of mine on Medgarand the Jackson Movement may be of inter=
est. Doesn=E2=80=99t take long to read. http://www.solidarity-us.org/site/n=
ode/3876
And, again, with no falsemodesty:My Jackson Mississippi book is extremelyde=
tailed. Flint-hard and sharp, it goes to the roots and it pulls no punches.
There are certainly many other goodbooks on other dimensions of the Movemen=
t.Most of these are written by actual participants, some by well trainedaca=
demics.
And, of course, there are a vast number of other examples in the foregoing =
context of this message of mine: Native Americans, other "minorities," wome=
n, Labor, gays -- many more.
I=E2=80=99ve probably written enough at thispoint.But I do recall fine and =
oftenabstract artists in locations such as New York and San Francisco suppo=
rting theMovement =E2=80=93 and other good movements.AndI see Art =E2=80=93=
good art -- and good Politics as natural partners.And I include writing an=
d poetry therein.
Anyway, thanks again, _____, and keepup the good work.We will certainly bei=
n contact.All best.
In Solidarity
Hunter Bear
HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq / St. Francis Abenaki / =
St. Regis Mohawk=20
Protected by Na=C2=B4shdo=C2=B4i=C2=B4ba=C2=B4i=C2=B4=20
and Ohkwari'=20
Check out our massive social justice website:=20
www.hunterbear.org
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO=20
The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:=20
http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm
(Photos)=20
My expanded/updated "Organizer's Book,"=20
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- with a new 10,000=20
word introduction by me. Covers much of my=20
confrontational social justice organizing life to=20
date. Contains much how-to grassroots organizing=20
methodology: http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm
If you=E2=80=99re a militant and radical organizer: http://www.crmvet.org/c=
omm/hunter1.htm
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</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">Hey _______:</font></span></b></p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" s=
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</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">As always, very good to hear from
you. Your mind is as sharp and inquiring as ever.</font></span></b></p><fon=
t face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">As we both know, the civil rights
movement effected many good changes =E2=80=93 still, always a long way to g=
o on all
fronts, of course =E2=80=93 but it didn=E2=80=99t dislodge the economic roy=
alists et al.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As time passe=
d, the old racist orthodoxy,
=E2=80=9CStates Rights and Racial Integrity=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 morphed into=
what I call =E2=80=9Cthe new
moderate orthodoxy=E2=80=9D.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </spa=
n>Basically, this
boils down to white-washing and =E2=80=9Csanitizing=E2=80=9D the old horror=
s. Its motives are
clearly self-serving in the social and economic senses.<span style=3D"mso-s=
pacerun: yes;"> </span>This certainly isn=E2=80=99t as pervasive as t=
he old
orthodoxy but it does its best to effectively retard and quietly block anyt=
hing
that frankly and bluntly and effectively discusses, in analytical fashion, =
the
cruel realities of the old, no longer =E2=80=9Crespectable=E2=80=9D racism.=
<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fully supports economic=
royalism via state
government and media.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In pr=
actical
terms, =E2=80=9Cnothing too militant and nothing too radical.=E2=80=9D<span=
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It=E2=80=99s as against union l=
abor as it=E2=80=99s always
been.</font></span></b></p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">The new moderate orthodoxy is replete
with revisionism, often factually flaw-ridden, some of which ignores and/or
softens the sins of commission and omission =E2=80=93 and some of which is =
individually
self-serving in the dishonest sense.</font></span></b></p><font face=3D"Tim=
es New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">This isn=E2=80=99t limited to Mississippi, of
course.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It=E2=80=99s found =
broadly.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in the old har=
d-core regions of Dixie,
it=E2=80=99s very pronounced.</font></span></b></p><font face=3D"Times New =
Roman" size=3D"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">In the Jackson situation, it=E2=80=99s now
considered quite OK to center on the violently attacked Woolworth sit-in =
=E2=80=93
blaming that on young people while ignoring the roles of adult racist
mentors<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the basic syste=
mic
origins.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It=E2=80=99s consi=
dered OK to elevate
the very courageous Medgar Evers into sainthood =E2=80=93 an unrealistic st=
atus and
something I think honest Medgar would categorically reject =E2=80=93 and ig=
nore the
great courage of thousands of grassroots African Americans and their too-fe=
w
non-black allies who comprised the Jackson Movement and its many highly
dramatic episodes -- and who were subjected to the most brutal and bloody
repression found in any large urban area during the great Movement epoch. <=
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</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">This recent essay of mine on Medgar
and the Jackson Movement may be of interest. Doesn=E2=80=99t take long to r=
ead. <span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><a href=
=3D"http://www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/3876" mce_href=3D"http://www.sol=
idarity-us.org/site/node/3876"><font color=3D"#0563c1" face=3D"Calibri">htt=
p://www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/3876</font></a></span></b></p><font fac=
e=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
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">
</font><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-heigh=
t: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"Calibri">And, again, with no false
modesty:<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Jackson Mississ=
ippi book is extremely
detailed. Flint-hard and sharp, it goes to the roots and it pulls no punche=
s.</font></span></b><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri"><br></font></span></b></p><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b sty=
le=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font=
-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"Calibri">There are certainly many other good
books on other dimensions of the Movement.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;=
">
</span>Most of these are written by actual participants, some by well train=
ed
academics.</font></span></b></p><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=
=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-s=
ize: 14pt;"><font face=3D"Calibri">And, of course, there are a vast number =
of other examples in the foregoing context of this message of mine: Native =
Americans, other "minorities," women, Labor, gays -- many more.</=
font></span></b></p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">I=E2=80=99ve probably written enough at this
point.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I do recall fine=
and often
abstract artists in locations such as New York and San Francisco supporting=
the
Movement =E2=80=93 and other good movements.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: ye=
s;"> </span>And
I see Art =E2=80=93 good art -- and good Politics as natural partners.=
<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I include writing and =
poetry therein.</font></span></b></p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D=
"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">Anyway, thanks again, _____, and keep
up the good work.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will c=
ertainly be
in contact.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All best.</font=
></span></b></p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;"><font face=3D"=
Calibri">In Solidarity</font></span></b></p><font face=3D"Times New Roman" =
size=3D"3">
</font><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: =
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HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq / St. Francis Abenaki / =
St. Regis Mohawk=20
<br>
Protected by Na=C2=B4shdo=C2=B4i=C2=B4ba=C2=B4i=C2=B4=20
<br>
and Ohkwari'=20
<br>
<br>
Check out our massive social justice website:=20
<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.hunterbear.org" mce_href=3D"http://www.hunterbear.org=
">www.hunterbear.org</a> =20
<br>
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO=20
<br>
<br>
The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:=20
<br>
<a href=3D"http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm" mce_=
href=3D"http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm">http://=
hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm</a> =20
<br>
(Photos)=20
<br>
<br>
My expanded/updated "Organizer's Book,"=20
<br>
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- with a new 10,000=20
<br>
word introduction by me. Covers much of my=20
<br>
confrontational social justice organizing life to=20
<br>
date. Contains much how-to grassroots organizing=20
<br>
methodology: <a href=3D"http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm" mce_href=3D"http=
://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm">http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm</a>
<br>
<br>
If you=E2=80=99re a militant and radical organizer: <a href=3D"http://www.c=
rmvet.org/comm/hunter1.htm" mce_href=3D"http://www.crmvet.org/comm/hunter1.=
htm">http://www.crmvet.org/comm/hunter1.htm</a>
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