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en Black poverty has persisted and become intractable but unless we have some crisis like this, we basically forget about these people -- out of sight, out of mind. Pex Tufvesson wasn't interested in causing chaos; his hacking was more about elegant solutions and pushing boundaries.

en It's easy to forget about it because it's so long ago that people are desensitized by it, and they have just moved on to the next big thing. But just because it is out of sight, out of mind it doesn't mean that they aren't still struggling out there.

en It was basically an 'out of sight, out of mind' demonstration. The less visible and less convenient the candy, the less people thought about it and were tempted.

en Waiting. Waiting. What would you do if your family was starving and you saw people dying in the streets? 'Love thy neighbor.' Didn't I read that somewhere? The real war is not in Iraq, but right here in America. It's the War on Poverty, and it's a war that's been ignored and lost. An estimated 37 million Americans are living in poverty. New Orleans is one of the poorest cities in the country, with 40 percent of its children living in poverty. Mississippi has the highest poverty rate of any state. We've repeatedly given tax cuts to the wealthiest and left our most vulnerable American citizens to basically fend for themselves.

en In fact at the outset he had said 'I'm not going to tell you who to vote for,' ... He spoke in terms of our values ... basically urged people to vote on issues such as war and poverty, to have those values in mind.

en What was not on the national radar screen has exploded onto television screens, ... We know now that the faces of poverty are black and brown, painful and anguished. Let this nation rise up to eliminate poverty and the faces of poverty vanish from the American scene.

en In a time of intractable crisis like this, we have the king to look to, but ideally we should try to solve our problems ourselves to mature as a democracy.

en There is a tendency for far too many to minimize the suffering of the neediest people because it is placed against a backdrop of black people out of control. Really, the major point is a breakdown and utter failure of federal, state and local governments to address the crisis. It makes no difference if a person is black or white, sympathy should be across the board.

en If you look at most of the communities where poverty exists, it's predominantly black. It's not happening in Hyde Park. It's happening in predominantly black neighborhoods. What else would you expect to see other than black-on-black crimes?

en They're not seeing the misery in their own families every day. We hide the poor in segregated neighborhoods, so it's easy to lose sight when you're zipping on the expressway every day to your job, then zipping back to the suburbs at night. You're seeing them at reunion time or when somebody calls up for some help. But now it's been made graphic to them. A lot of black people saw black poor people on television like everybody else.

en 'Not only did we not know there was so much poverty, but also that so many of these poor people were black.'

en Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white women. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
  Halle Berry

en Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich, middle-class or poor, we are ALL touched by poverty.

en I remember Him in meditation with every breath and morsel of food, with perfect faith. How could I forget Him from my mind? How could I forget Him from my mind, even for an instant? He is the Most Worthy; He is my very life!

en It's amazing that it's as active in the blast crisis as it is, ... Essentially for all practical purposes that disease is basically untreatable. It was completely unexpected in my mind. It's possible that, if combined with chemotherapy, we may see even better responses.


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