DrBanneker
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Our first "Rate this Quote" featured John Henrik Clarke and his reflections on DuBois vs. Washington.
The overall average rating was 8.7 with a standard deviation of 1.7 indicating most posters rated it high quality.
Today's quote, while not from a Black person, is an interesting pair of reflections on the nature of oppression as well as its political and economic dimensions. It was written by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the founding father of modern China, in his political treatise, The Three Principles of the People first expounded in 1905. I think a lot of people will be surprised about the similarities between what the Chinese were going through then and what we are going through now.
on the effects of economic oppression
Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925)
Brief bio: Sun Yat-Sen was born in Guangdong province in a 19th century China under turmoil from the massive Taiping Rebellion against the Emperor and the Qing Dynasty. When he was 10, he joined his brother in Honolulu and was educated there. He later went to Hong Kong and received a medical degree. An early critic of the Qing Dynasty, he and other Chinese were galvanized by China's defeat by Japan in the first Sino-Japanese War where China had to cede Taiwan and other concessions to Japan.
Exiled to Japan after a failed uprising, he became a member of many underground groups such as the Tongmenghui and Heaven and Earth Society. Many of these organizations were Triad related and many of the founding fathers of modern China (nationalist and communist) were involved in Triad secret societies much like Western leaders were often involved in Freemasonry.
Eventually his agitation led him to further exile in the UK where secret agents of the Chinese government tried to kidnap and repatriate him though he was saved by British authorities. When the Xinhai Rebellion broke out in 1911, Sun returned to China to help found the Republic of China. He was variously an ally and mentor to both Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Zedong and is revered by both mainland and overseas (including Taiwan) Chinese.
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The overall average rating was 8.7 with a standard deviation of 1.7 indicating most posters rated it high quality.
Today's quote, while not from a Black person, is an interesting pair of reflections on the nature of oppression as well as its political and economic dimensions. It was written by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the founding father of modern China, in his political treatise, The Three Principles of the People first expounded in 1905. I think a lot of people will be surprised about the similarities between what the Chinese were going through then and what we are going through now.
on the effects of economic oppression
Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925)
Brief bio: Sun Yat-Sen was born in Guangdong province in a 19th century China under turmoil from the massive Taiping Rebellion against the Emperor and the Qing Dynasty. When he was 10, he joined his brother in Honolulu and was educated there. He later went to Hong Kong and received a medical degree. An early critic of the Qing Dynasty, he and other Chinese were galvanized by China's defeat by Japan in the first Sino-Japanese War where China had to cede Taiwan and other concessions to Japan.
Exiled to Japan after a failed uprising, he became a member of many underground groups such as the Tongmenghui and Heaven and Earth Society. Many of these organizations were Triad related and many of the founding fathers of modern China (nationalist and communist) were involved in Triad secret societies much like Western leaders were often involved in Freemasonry.
Eventually his agitation led him to further exile in the UK where secret agents of the Chinese government tried to kidnap and repatriate him though he was saved by British authorities. When the Xinhai Rebellion broke out in 1911, Sun returned to China to help found the Republic of China. He was variously an ally and mentor to both Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Zedong and is revered by both mainland and overseas (including Taiwan) Chinese.
@boy @ogc163 @Rhakim @EndDomination @Booksnrain @Hiphoplives4eva @Stringer Cochran @Lord Scarf @Imhotep2 @HarlemHottie @xoxodede @Originalman @Bawon Samedi @FAH1223 @88m3 @newworldafro @DEAD7 @thekingsmen @Alexander @Stir Fry @Get These Nets @Asicz @IllmaticDelta
@Arbitrage! @Tommy Knocks
Rules:
Shamelessly borrowed from the "Rate this Anime Thread"
1. You can rate a quote based on truthfulness, insight, or even plain wit
2. Ratings are on a 1-10 scale with 1 being garbage and 10 being TRUTH
3. The results of the poll will be displayed publicly
4. Time for votes will last for approximately 48 hours.
