Eugene
Robinson is one of my favorite journalist.
He often appears on MSNBC and is syndicated in 262 newspapers. In 2009 he was awarded a Pulitzer prize for
his commentaries during The Barack Obama Presidential campaign.
A few months
ago, Robinson briefly commented about his experience growing in up the 1950’s
in segregated South Carolina. During that
same time, I was a teenager in the Delta of Mississippi. However, our experiences were quite
different.
Eugene could
only drink from the colored water fountain
down town; he had to sit in the colored
section of the bus station; he could not begin school in the white elementary
school; he was not welcome in white restaurants. The segregated culture of South Carolina
tried to impress on him that his worth was not equal to the white children in the
town.
Besides his
journalism acumen I have a great respect for Eugene Robinson as a man.
the Ol’Buzzard
An instructive lesson about an impressive guy.
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