GRACE LEE BOGGS: "I don't see any leaders, and I think we have to rethink the concept of "leader." 'Cause "leader" implies "follower." And, so many-- not so many, but I think we need to appropriate, embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for."
This 91 year old Chinese American woman was unknown to me until I saw this piece on Bill Moyer's Journal from last night. She has been an activist since her youth, first studying Karl Marx, then becoming active in the black community as a follower of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
So much of what she has to say about our (r)evolution as a community of diverse individuals reminds me of conversations I've read here lately revolving around how our leaders have let us down. She seems to brush aside the ability of the system to make real basic changes which would truly benefit our fellow citizens, and proves that only through community activism can we affect the change that we want to be.
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Follow me below the fold to hear some of her answers to Bill Moyer's excellent questions:
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