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New Webring Software
posted on June 1st, 2007 by othellobloke in News
Over the last two years, DD and I have grown frustrated and extremely mad at the creators of Ringsurf.com.
They refuse to enable image captcha for site submissions, and haven’t been seen on their site for nearly two years. Over the last three days we were deluged with 215+ spam submissions a day so we unfortunately had to close down the Ringsurf.com ring.
Don’t panic… coz we’ve decided to do it ourselves with no third party software to have control over our ring. We realise it will take a very long time to get all members to switch over… and we realise that there are not many sites on the new ring yet. We need your help - you can join the new ring today!
We WILL get this ring back to its former glory of 800+ sites eventually. We will be targeting people on various social networking sites too.
So please join the new ring - referring some friends would be nice 
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Food For Thought - “The Melting Pot”
posted on June 1st, 2007 by DD in Random
Consider the ways in which this poem relates to the concept of “the melting pot” (a myth) and assimilation in the United States. Ponder ways in which this frames “Black Reality” for those in the United States. This poem was written in 1968, but has anything really changed?
“The Melting Pot”
By: Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
There is a magic melting pot
where any girl or man
can step in Czech or Greek or Scot,
step out American.
Johann and Jan and Jean and Juan
Giovanni and Ivan
step in and then step out again
all freshly christened John.
Sam, watching, said, “Why, I was here
even before they came,”
and stepped in, too, but was tossed out
before he passed the brim.
And every time Sam tried that pot
they threw him out again.
“Keep out. This is our private pot.
We don’t want your black stain.”
At last, thrown out a thousand times,
Sam said,”I don’t give a damn.
Shove your old pot. You can like it or not,
but I’ll just be what I am.”
Over the last two years, DD and I have grown frustrated and extremely mad at the creators of Ringsurf.com.
They refuse to enable image captcha for site submissions, and haven’t been seen on their site for nearly two years. Over the last three days we were deluged with 215+ spam submissions a day so we unfortunately had to close down the Ringsurf.com ring.
Don’t panic… coz we’ve decided to do it ourselves with no third party software to have control over our ring. We realise it will take a very long time to get all members to switch over… and we realise that there are not many sites on the new ring yet. We need your help - you can join the new ring today!
We WILL get this ring back to its former glory of 800+ sites eventually. We will be targeting people on various social networking sites too.
So please join the new ring - referring some friends would be nice
1
Food For Thought - “The Melting Pot”
posted on June 1st, 2007 by DD in Random
Consider the ways in which this poem relates to the concept of “the melting pot” (a myth) and assimilation in the United States. Ponder ways in which this frames “Black Reality” for those in the United States. This poem was written in 1968, but has anything really changed?
“The Melting Pot”
By: Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
There is a magic melting pot
where any girl or man
can step in Czech or Greek or Scot,
step out American.
Johann and Jan and Jean and Juan
Giovanni and Ivan
step in and then step out again
all freshly christened John.
Sam, watching, said, “Why, I was here
even before they came,”
and stepped in, too, but was tossed out
before he passed the brim.
And every time Sam tried that pot
they threw him out again.
“Keep out. This is our private pot.
We don’t want your black stain.”
At last, thrown out a thousand times,
Sam said,”I don’t give a damn.
Shove your old pot. You can like it or not,
but I’ll just be what I am.”
Consider the ways in which this poem relates to the concept of “the melting pot” (a myth) and assimilation in the United States. Ponder ways in which this frames “Black Reality” for those in the United States. This poem was written in 1968, but has anything really changed?
“The Melting Pot”
By: Dudley Randall (1914-2000)
There is a magic melting pot
where any girl or man
can step in Czech or Greek or Scot,
step out American.
Johann and Jan and Jean and Juan
Giovanni and Ivan
step in and then step out again
all freshly christened John.
Sam, watching, said, “Why, I was here
even before they came,”
and stepped in, too, but was tossed out
before he passed the brim.
And every time Sam tried that pot
they threw him out again.
“Keep out. This is our private pot.
We don’t want your black stain.”
At last, thrown out a thousand times,
Sam said,”I don’t give a damn.
Shove your old pot. You can like it or not,
but I’ll just be what I am.”
