What an outrage! This self-styled "poet" gave the closing remarks at the Virginia Tech memorial convocation in which she equated the "plight" of baby elephants with the mass human slaughter that occurred Monday at VT. Here are a couple of lines from her speech:
So Nikki Giovanni would have us believe that there is some sort of equivocation between elephants, their ivory, and the cold, calculating, maniacal murder of humans on a grand scale such as we saw this past Monday in Blacksburg, Virginia. Nikki Giovanni somehow makes a connection between the tragedy of AIDS, ongoing wars in Africa, and the violent denial of life last Monday by a crazed lunatic. AIDS and warfare, as devastating as they may be, cannot in any way be made to correspond to or equate with deliberate mass murder by a deranged individual.
Elephant hunting is another matter entirely. It is one of those "causes" about which some people feel strongly. But it is a cause that stems from opinion; many people would have another opinion. The moralilty of homicide, however, is something that is not subject to opinion, at least in a civilized society.
So, what is Nikki Giovani's purpose in attempting to make these connections? Since there is clearly no moral equivocation here, it becomes obvious that these comments are agenda driven. Giovanni, like so many liberals, simply seizes on any opportunity presented to her to press the liberal agenda.
Liberals like Nikki Giovanni are shameless; they will take any opportunity to advance their liberal agenda, absolutely any opportunity. It is truly a disgrace.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
"I Am Cincinnati" - By Nikki Giovanni
I am Cincinnati…
I ran from the whips and the dogs … across the frozen pond ...
I made my home in the West End …
When The Civil War came I dug the trenches … showing the South: Free men Live Here, who are unwilling to yield …
I kept the city safe
I am the 7 Hills …
I am neighborhoods, community centers, shopping malls, churches, libraries
I am the Bengals, the Reds, the incomparable Underground Railroad Museum …
I am history
I am Findlay Street Market …
I am the best three-way chili in the world …
I am Montgomery ribs …
I am the University of Cincinnati …
I am Xavier …
I am Sister Jean Patrice Harrington bringing Mount St. Joseph into the 21st Century
I am Eden Park and the Conservatory of Music …
I am Symphony Hall and the oldest Opera company at one of the world’s greatest teaching zoos …
I am Spring Grove Cemetery - my dead rest in peace and beauty
I am Marion Spencer …
I have watched segregation reign and have built a bridge between that Island and the City …
I have watched policemen shoot young black men in the back, and have watched my community respond …
A people who once saved this city will not willingly allow prejudice a purchase
I am the Winold Reiss Murals of the Cincinnati Union Terminal though I now domicile in another state …
I am the Cincinnati Western and Southern Tennis Championships though I am played in Mason …
I can Kentucky you in at the Cincinnati International Airport in Erlanger
I am not a son of a bitch like Kenny Blackwell …
I will not sell my soul for my ambition …
I do not use the color of my skin to cover the hatred in my heart …
I am not a political whore - jumping from bed to bed to see who will stoke my need …
I am Mark Mallory - talking to everyone - walking with everyone - listening to everyone … leading by consensus not fear
I am Cincinnati …
I slaughtered hogs and made soap …
I am the biggest October Fest outside Munich, Germany …
Though I have been boycotted …
I am not shirking my responsibilities to the next generation …
I am finding a way to be great again
I am the Lady in the Fountain …
Let my waters cleanse and refresh you - let my waters heal
Together
We still can save this City
What a piece of work this woman is. And these are the kind of people that we put into places of responsibility to teach our children, and to shape their future thinking. If we think that these people are fit to be educators, we need to have our collective national head examined.
Nikki Giovanni--Off the reservation, and called on the carpet!
2 comments:
All of the comments made hereabout "Nikki" Giovanni are valid. I have not seen any mention made, however, about how closely the style and substance of the following "poem" of hers matches that of her student "Cho":
http://www.aavw.org/special_features/pofidr_poetry
_giovanni.html
This is absolutely chilling stuff. I can only reason that it comes from the darkest depths of an utterly demented mind. I was going to post this “poem” here for discussion, but I can’t even bring myself to copy and paste it.
For those who want to read it, go to the link. The “poem” in question (which is in reality vindictive tripe) is titled, “The True Import Of Present Dialogue, Black vs. Negro (For Peppe, Who Will Ultimately Judge Our Efforts).”
I had a hard time with copying and pasting the link as the last part of it got dropped in the copy process, so you may need to hand-type part of the link into your URL box. It is worth the effort to see just want kind of person this “celebrated poet” is. I have a difficult time understanding how any institution of higher learning could maintain the employment of someone with such vile views.
I completely agree with the previous poster that there is no difference between Nikki Giovanni’s thinking and that of the murderer Cho, if Giovanni’s writing is truly indicative of her thinking. She is certainly way, way outside the mainstream—in Whacko-Nutjob Land. However, folks, this is the land of liberalism; and the land of liberalism is definitely Off The Reservation!
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