Guess what they played at the stadium after Bolt won his third consecutive 100M GOLD?

[malaise]

THIS

and

THIS

[madokie]

1. Bolt will go on to do great things

He has what it takes to make a difference.
Love the guy

[malaise]

2. Serena and otherd joined him to refurbish and paint his old school

He also contributes heavily to funding ladies' netball.

[madokie]

3. He's only begun this journey

He is a leader
He has charisma and is a smart man. someone to be proud of. We'll be reading about this man for years to come. Not only in what he's done but in what he'll do

[mcar]

11. Nice!

[Lochloosa]

4. Very cool.

[snooper2]

5. Bolt has been winning gold medals?

[malaise]

13. Too cute

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. K&R

[MADem]

7. That song was actually "written" by Haile Selassie (the lyrics, anyway).

It is a segment of a speech he gave at the UN:

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war.”
Popularized by Bob Marley in the song War”
― Haile Selassie I

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/290203.Haile_Selassie_I

[blm]

8. Thanks for sharing that bit of history.

I doubt many were aware of the origin.

[MADem]

9. 1963 Oct 6--it was a helluva speech.

The precise paragraph (the entire speech was quite remarkable):

On the question of racial discrimination, the Addis Ababa Conference taught, to those who will learn, this further lesson: That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained; And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good-will; Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven; Until that day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil.



An audio recording survives--I don't know if they filmed it or not:

Here is some long-forgotten film from HS's visit to USA way back then (I was not living in USA at the time. I wasn't aware that this footage existed!):

[malaise]

15. Maybe Brazil is about to wake up with regard to

race - I was pleasantly surprised.

[MADem]

18. Brazil is very ... weird ... in that regard.

They definitely have a stratified society, even as they affect (and in some cases, live) the multicultural POV. The color that rules is the green of the almighty dollar (or the less mighty real), I think.

I have a friend who lives down there, next door to neighbors with Portuguese first names and German last names, who goes to a dentist with Japanese heritage.

Brazil was very late out of the gate in abolishing slavery, too--that painful legacy pops up all over the world (and even today in some unenlightened corners).


This article has made the rounds here before, but I find it compelling because of the photographs that accompany it:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/11/12/244563532/photos-reveal-harsh-detail-of-brazils-history-with-slavery


The video was taken down, but this one has many photos--it's something to be able to look right into the eyes of those imprisoned and in bondage:

[malaise]

16. You're right

there are folks right here in Jamaica who don't know that

[MADem]

17. Probably not Rastafari, though, I should hope!

I know they're not teaching that stuff at Holy Childhood HS!!!

[malaise]

14. Yes indeed

[xocet]

19. That is a very powerful speech. The entire speech is available in text form on the UN website...

Friday, October 4, 1963

Address by His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia

...

2. HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY HAILE SELASSIE I,
EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA: _1/ Twenty-seven years ago,
as Emperor of Ethiopia, I mounted the rostrum in
Geneva to address to the League of Nations an appeal
for relief from the destruction which had been
unleashed against my defenceless nation by the Fascist
invader. I spoke then both to and for the conscience
of the world. My words went unheeded, but history testi-
fies to the accuracy of the warning that I gave in 1936.

...

38. This, then, is the ultimate challenge. Where are
we to look for our survival, for the answers to ques-
tions which have never before been posed? We must
look first to Almighty God, Who has raised man above
the animals and endowed him with intelligence and
reason. We must put our faith in Him, that He will not
desert us or permit us to destroy humanity which He
created in His image. And we must look into ourselves,
into the depths of our souls. We must become some-
thing we have never been and for which our education
and experience and environment have ill prepared us.
We must become bigger than we have ever been: more
courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We
must become members of a new race, overcoming
petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations
but to our fellow men within the human community.


http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/PV.1229

By the way, if anyone is interested in a few Amharic phrases, here is a nice introductory video:

[panader0]

10. K and R!

[malaise]

20. a picture says 1,000 words

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2016/08/15/490091457/how-an-olympics-photographer-captured-usain-bolts-cheeky-grin

[SunSeeker]

12. Very cool. nt