Best meme ever

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The most beautiful thing I've read lately is this:

Rosa sat,
so Martin could walk,
so Barack could run,
so our children could fly.

(It seems have first been said on NPR/BBC.)

Comments

Anonymous said…
I totally agree! Mind if I borrow it on my own blog?
November 08, 2008 11:46 AM
Keera Ann Fox said…
Not at all! I'd like to see it get lots of hits on Google! :-)
November 08, 2008 12:59 PM
Sparkling Red said…
I love it! That is a perfect little poem.
November 08, 2008 3:16 PM
Keera Ann Fox said…
There is a prose version, but this is the one I saw first. :-)
November 08, 2008 3:22 PM
Anonymous said…
eg tog an ikkje... :P

Hilsen en liten med edderkopp bein :F
November 08, 2008 6:46 PM
Keera Ann Fox said…
Det er sånt amerikanske elever lærer om: Rosa Parks nektet å flytte seg til den delen av bussen forbeholdt svarte i 1955 (Rosa sat). Martin Luther King jr marsjerte (MLK walked) i Washington D.C. i 1963 (hvor han fremsa sin berømte "I have a dream" tale). Barack stilte til valg (ran, som jo kan bety å løpe) og resten er ikke historie, men håpet for fremtiden.
Hilsen Monsterbeina
November 08, 2008 9:27 PM
Anonymous said…
Hehe... Selvfølgelig >< eg lå i sengen og filosoferte litt over dette, også gikk det et lys opp for meg :P Min passe treige hjerne trengte bare litt tid til å tenke :P
November 12, 2008 9:50 PM
Keera Ann Fox said…
Dette valget har vært en oppfriskingskurs i striden om borgerrettigheter i USA for meg og derfor falt jeg for denne memen. :-)
November 13, 2008 10:41 AM
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