Field Negro LA Times Attorney Wayne Bennett Article - Agnostic? Don't count on it, my blogging brotha man...
"Field Negro" Attorney Wayne Bennett has made the LA Times!
Well blow me over with a bushel of cotton. (All respect to folks like my Daddy Elmer (late grandfather) and GranRuby (late grandmother) who actually worked those fields from "cain't see to cain't see" (before dawn till after dawn) -- and women like my grandmother who actually went into labor with one of her four kids in those fields, its soil richly tilled by their rugged hands -- labor that blest me with a college education at the HBCU Florida A & M University decades later...)
Thanks to GetReligion.org for hipping me to the Field Negro LA Times piece, who points out an interesting take on Wayne Bennett's viewpoint, leading me to ask myself:
Does the self-described Field Negro thinketh me a field negro, too?
A patio negro?
Or the much-derided house negro?
It matters not. I know in Whose vineyard I toil...
And you know I'm praying in Jesus' Name alone for a serious Damascus Road experience to use the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, so-called-but-not-for-long-agnostic Wayne Bennett back to his roots of Love.
Be blessed, brotha.
Congrats.
Well blow me over with a bushel of cotton. (All respect to folks like my Daddy Elmer (late grandfather) and GranRuby (late grandmother) who actually worked those fields from "cain't see to cain't see" (before dawn till after dawn) -- and women like my grandmother who actually went into labor with one of her four kids in those fields, its soil richly tilled by their rugged hands -- labor that blest me with a college education at the HBCU Florida A & M University decades later...)
Thanks to GetReligion.org for hipping me to the Field Negro LA Times piece, who points out an interesting take on Wayne Bennett's viewpoint, leading me to ask myself:
It matters not. I know in Whose vineyard I toil...
And you know I'm praying in Jesus' Name alone for a serious Damascus Road experience to use the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, so-called-but-not-for-long-agnostic Wayne Bennett back to his roots of Love.
Be blessed, brotha.
Congrats.
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i am trying to increase my pagerank by getting link backs from establish bloggers like you.. Can you blogroll me.. i have already added you to my list of favorites..
Larger than life
Way to go Wayne. We are becming a new force in black America in particular and the world in general - no matter what our blogging interests and angles are - and the recognition is starting to come around. Cheers to the field negro.
Well done Paula, you are alright!
Here's the link. Thanks....Martin
http://www.martyblogs.com/?p=30
I've just finished editing a book about a family's journey from slavery to self-determination in three generations. The book is closely based on the author's family history, but he wrote it as a novel to fill in the gaps and use his imagination when historical facts and details couldn't be determined. Do you know anyone who would be willing to read and comment on the book? He's looking for a couple of good quotes for the back cover. Thanks.
When I self-published my novel, I sent out tons of galley copies but never ended up getting blurbs before I pulled the book.
Anyway, I believe if he sends out a bunch of galley copies, he'll should get some good back-cover blurbs.
Thanks,
Paula