LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Friday, December 13, 2013

Prayers & Taxi Drivers In NYC

NYC Muslim taxi drivers praying at the BP gas station on Houston I mentioned yesterday is part of a longer story of Muslim taxi drivers and where they can pray on PRI's The World today.


The website has a photo of the devout and their beautiful rugs.

This is one of the reasons for the Cordoba House community center to be built at Park51 (formerly a Burlington Coat Factory) – that drove t-party ijiots into frothing hysterics. It was planned to be a place anyone can go to, to do some things you need to do, like breast feeding, that one would rather not do in public, on dirty cement.
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