Comments on: Speaking About the Unspeakable

By: JUstMYwOrD

JUstMYwOrD — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:25:19 +0000

To Vince: What in the world makes you believe someone’s incredible ability to “pearl string” acts of injustice and violence together in order to identify the common ground of suffering and tragedy in our world is an attempt to promote political ideology? Your kind of mindset is proof of a huge problem in America, and consequently the a major reason and proponent to the spread of violence, insensitivity, and suffering. I like what Barak Obama said in reference to this horrific national tragedy that happened on April 13th, (and I paraphrase), “hatred comes in many forms, and will not end until each person see’s their neighbor as themselves.”

By: lola gets

lola gets — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:29:24 +0000

I saw her speech on the news. What a powerful and well-needed message!

By: olufunke

olufunke — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:46:26 +0000

may we all be healed.

By: carla

carla — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:45:36 +0000

Nikki Giovanni, a tenured professor, threatened to quit in 2005 if he wasn’t removed from her poetry class, so like the other (female) professors in the English department who reported his behavior to the administration she has more standing than other professors to speak up at this time.

By: Asha

Asha — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:32:13 +0000

@ Vince, I believe she is a professor at the school.

I am getting sooooo angry looking at the videos he sent to NBC on the news. I want to slap him so hard.

By: bella

bella — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:10:55 +0000

I don’t know if we’re reading the same news articles, Vince. I haven’t read anything but praise for her speech.

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:02:56 +0000

It is too bad that Nikki Giovanni is trying to use this situation as a platform to promote her own political agenda. It is supposed to be about the victims, not Giovanniâ€™s political ideology.

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:16:47 +0000

that brought tears to my eyes. so wonderful and raw and just…wonderful. i love Niki G. And I just pray everyday for the families, victims, and the university as a whole that one day, they will have some peace.

ALJ

By: Mona

Mona — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:53:53 +0000

WOW. That’s all I can really say. I hope that everyone that heard her words (in person, on tv, online) found some sort of solace in them. Bella thank you for posting this.

By: Auragirl

Auragirl — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:38:42 +0000

When I watched this video, I remember thinking WOW after Nikki Giovanni spoke. Her remarks were short, yet powerful and very relevant. I loved the “We are Virginia Tech” part.

Remarkable!