Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Sunday, June 28, 2015
KEEP ON TACKING, BABY!
http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae438.cfm
LIKE SAILBOATS IN A HEADWIND, WE AMERICAN BLACKS HAVE LEARNED TO "TACK" INTO THE RACIST HEADWINDS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE BY ZIGZAGING. THEREBY, WE HAVE INEXPLICABLY ADVANCED AGAINST THE RAGING WINDS. IT HELPED THAT WE USED THE TRIANGULAR SAIL OF THE TRINITY TO PROPEL OURSELVES FORWARD THROUGH RUGGED WINDS AND SEAS AND A CENTERBOARD (OVERDEVELOPED KEEL) FOR COUNTER BALANCE. WHAT WAS "INEXPLICABLE" TO SOME, WAS SOUND PHYSICS TO US. INDEED, THEY THE SAIL AND KEEL WERE NAVIGATIONAL TOOLS ACQUIRED FROM US BY EUROPEANS, AS THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS. IT IS ALL BY DESIGN WHETHER WE CAN UNDERSTAND OR APPRECIATE THESE SPIRITUAL FORCE VECTORS --GRACE--OR NOT! SO, DEMOCRATS TODAY, REPUBLICANS, YESTERDAY. ZIGZAG! INTEGRATIONISTS TODAY, SEPARATISTS YESTERDAY. ZIGZAG! POOR TODAY. RICH TOMORROW. ZIGZAG. THE TOUGHER THE HEADWINDS BEAT US BACK THE FASTER FORWARD WE FLOW AND WE GO. GLORY TO GOD!