Why Paul Robeson
matters?
23/11/03 13:31 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in:
Memories
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Why Paul
Robeson matters? Because he loved humanity.
Because he said he loved humanity. Because he made
efforts to show that the world can be loved, no
matter what color or race, ethnicity or religious
orientations. Because he added another component to
the discourse of diversity: political conscience.
Robeson
matters because politics matters. Because
political diversity is the mainstay of democracy.
“What do you mean by the Communist Party? As far as I
know it is a legal party like the Republican Party
and the Democratic Party. Do you mean a party of
people who have sacrificed for my people, and for all
Americans and workers, that they can live in dignity?
Do you mean that party?”
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