http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/the_children_of_the_real_lesotho_by_pavo_real.html black looks Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/the_children_of_the_real_lesotho_by_pavo_real.html#comment-60411 Changeseeker Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:10:52 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/the_children_of_the_real_lesotho_by_pavo_real.html#comment-60411 Reading this, I feel as if I've slept and dreamt I was in Africa. This is good. I like the way the speaker's struggle to communicate Truth is finally resolved with the words "I ate it!. This is basically what I teach a good bit of the time: that those who have the power to define are not confused or innocent and that scrambling for candy is just as degrading no matter where you are or what you look like as you scramble or the nature of the candy that is thrown from the passing window by a smirking "benefactor." Reading this, I feel as if I’ve slept and dreamt I was in Africa. This is good. I like the way the speaker’s struggle to communicate Truth is finally resolved with the words “I ate it!. This is basically what I teach a good bit of the time: that those who have the power to define are not confused or innocent and that scrambling for candy is just as degrading no matter where you are or what you look like as you scramble or the nature of the candy that is thrown from the passing window by a smirking “benefactor.”

]]> http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/the_children_of_the_real_lesotho_by_pavo_real.html#comment-60272 Rethabile Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:34:44 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/the_children_of_the_real_lesotho_by_pavo_real.html#comment-60272 I find it a striking poem. Simple and truthful. And I don't think I'm biased when I say so... I find it a striking poem. Simple and truthful. And I don’t think I’m biased when I say so…

]]> http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/the_children_of_the_real_lesotho_by_pavo_real.html#comment-60271 Sokari Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:31:39 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/the_children_of_the_real_lesotho_by_pavo_real.html#comment-60271 Magnificent - it speaks to all those who have been "nurtured into greed trained by other passing fools" across villages and towns throughout the global south. Magnificent - it speaks to all those who have been “nurtured into greed trained by other passing fools” across villages and towns throughout the global south.

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