tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625117.post2869570717395642046..comments2014-03-13T14:45:27.775+00:00Comments on Flat Antti: PowerfulAnttixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05542364150378997527noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625117.post-30435996028064506792007-09-30T17:42:00.000+01:002007-09-30T17:42:00.000+01:00Power can be good or not. I enjoyed reading your p...Power can be good or not. I enjoyed reading your post - it's surely a provocative piece!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625117.post-16896459857288517422007-09-30T14:47:00.000+01:002007-09-30T14:47:00.000+01:00Being a white American, albiet a female, I do have...Being a white American, albiet a female, I do have a degree of power that others don't. I would be happy to share. But I fear some who want power don't want to share it.Patois42https://www.blogger.com/profile/07764936858778730692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625117.post-9776140415108639472007-09-29T16:12:00.000+01:002007-09-29T16:12:00.000+01:00I am aware of the power imparted by being white, A...I am aware of the power imparted by being white, American and middle class. I am aware because of my work ( mortgages, it is amazing how many women think they canot get a mortgage or how many minorites are denied mortgages) my politics, and my experience.<BR/> And I agree with all of you, those of us with accidental power need to use it for the good of others.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Very nicely done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625117.post-18315870952429637422007-09-29T13:59:00.000+01:002007-09-29T13:59:00.000+01:00i could have lived the life i have led i believe a...i could have lived the life i have led i believe as a person of any race creed or color... but i wonder if i would have maintained the great amount of personal power had i not been a white american female....<BR/><BR/>thank you for brining this thought to the fore.. as i love to delve ever deeper into my own psyche....paisleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231453820728399262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625117.post-80223925438576627732007-09-29T12:08:00.000+01:002007-09-29T12:08:00.000+01:00those of is who have some degree of accidental pow...those of is who have some degree of accidental power (through being white, educated, Western, whatever) shouldn't take it for granted though, because we can use it for good. We do have the power and should use it wiselyCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625117.post-24334387454626894902007-09-29T11:45:00.000+01:002007-09-29T11:45:00.000+01:00"if only I had the power to change my world, what ..."if only I had the power to change my world, what a wonderful world it would be. "<BR/><BR/>It is not impossible though it might seem so. One lone man can move things. <BR/><BR/>Gandhi did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19625117.post-63523927829339270482007-09-28T19:47:00.000+01:002007-09-28T19:47:00.000+01:00'if only I had the power to change my world, what ...'if only I had the power to change my world, what a wonderful world it would be'--I agree with this really meaning to take more responsibility and try to make good choices. Tall order, that. <BR/>Nicely written.nonizambonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381779175217605700noreply@blogger.com