Quote from: suspicious mindthat statement about we are the ones we have been waiting for. didn't obama make that in a speak somewhere along the line? anyone remember?
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness - (April 2007)
by Alice Walker
Review'A compelling collection of talks, essays, poems and prose, this is a personal and inspiring exploration of the power of individuals and communities.'
Product Description
'It is the worst of times. It is the best of times. Try as I might I cannot find a more appropriate opening for this volume' Terrorist attacks, natural disasters such as the Asian tsunami and the flooding of New Orleans, the reality of global warming, ongoing warfare in Iraq and the de-stabilisation of the Middle East - sometimes the future can seem bleak, if not frightening. Yet this is not a pessimistic book. Taking a line from the poet June Jordan who said 'We are the Ones we have been waiting for' - Alice Walker reasserts the power of the individual in making political change happen. In short, we can 'fix things' by focusing on what we share as human beings rather than what separates us. Looking at subjects as diverse as sending our children to war, the rich/poor divide, Nature, the I Ching, modern gender roles, women in the miltary, and even a piece on her dog Marley, Alice Walker looks towards an optimistic view of the future through a more intuitive understanding of the self and the world around us.
http://www.amazon.com/Are-Ones-Have-Been-Waiting/dp/0297852728
"We are the ones we've been waiting for"
Yes. It is another diary about Sen. Barack Obama on plagiarism.
Where, oh, where have we heard this before?
Well, it is the slogan for the Black AIDS Institute. But that's not it.
On November 19, 2007, Linda Green wrote in the United Methodist News about New York West Area Bishop Violet Fisher: Her message, "We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For," was an echo of two resources with the same name. It is the title of a song by Sweet Honey in the Rock, an African-American acapella group, and of a new release by Alice Walker, an African-American author.
Not convinced?
Well, in April 2007, Thomas Friedman was taken to task for not only misquoting the phrase in his New York Times column but also for not giving proper credit for the source from which it came.
Friedman doesn't quite get the quote right and he doesn't credit the author of the phrase We are the people we have been waiting for. She is the late poet June Jordan. The phrase we are the ones we have been waiting for from 'Poem for South African Women' (1980) was picked up by many graduation speakers ... and others including most notably the singers Sweet Honey in the Rock who made the phrase into a song and Alice Walker who took the phrase as title for her most recent collection of essays (2006).
Lesson
If you're going to use somebody else's fine prose, give them credit for it.
When you use somebody else's creative work, get it right.
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