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December 5, 2006 by Marc Lamont Hill

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“Marc, I’m 6 foot 2. You’re only 5 foot 10. But if you stand on my shoulders you’ll be 12 feet tall. That’s what elders are for” – Jesse Jackson (2004)

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16 Comments

1. Desiree wrote:

Our good friend Marc for one.

December 5, 2006 @ 12:41 pm

2. ChgoSista wrote:

Isn’t Tavis Smiley being ‘groomed’?

December 5, 2006 @ 12:49 pm

3. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

RAD, you AKAs were never good at judging height…

December 5, 2006 @ 12:57 pm

4. RAD wrote:

OH NO YOU DIDN’T!!!! NO YOU DIDN’T!!!!!

That hurt me to the depths of my soul. I didn’t spend weeks in the pyramid trenches to be called an AKA!!! Poison freakin ivy!!!!!

Oh it’s on now…

December 5, 2006 @ 1:20 pm

5. JPR wrote:

Some people like the spotlight and others don’t. But I for one feel that we don’t necessarily need a leader but a movement and once we start the movement leaders will emerge. It just seems backwards to have a leader and no specific goal. Lets start small and get the snowball rolling and then we will have a powerfull nation with in America. What will be our cause? Choose one; Men being shot for no apparent reason by police, no knock warrants, etc. Lets choose one that is tangible and stop crying over the N word because that in its own right divides us again. When will we stop being divided and start fighting for one same cause? ie. Marc and Cosby

December 5, 2006 @ 2:14 pm

6. Blaxx wrote:

A leader to me is anyone I proudly look up to and I’m proud to call Marc a leader in my eyes

December 5, 2006 @ 2:48 pm

7. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

I think we ARE fighting the same cause. That’s why productive conversation and healthy tension is so vital to our project.

December 5, 2006 @ 2:48 pm

8. ChgoSista wrote:

Dag DC, u all profound and stuff! I am BEYOND 100% in agreement with you, especially on your last post. :-)

December 5, 2006 @ 5:32 pm

9. Blaxx wrote:

12 ft tall Marc…several of your blog groupies are off somewhere smiling while entertaining that thought Doc

December 5, 2006 @ 6:29 pm

10. ChgoSista wrote:

Blaxx, the height/shoe size to ((rhymes w/’Venus’)) ratio has long ago been proven to be SO not true. ;-)

December 5, 2006 @ 7:24 pm

11. Maya wrote:

LMAO, RAD…I thought we’d quelled our AKA/Dirty Red differences weeks ago. See how you sell me out when I don’t log on?

December 5, 2006 @ 10:16 pm

12. Blaxx wrote:

Damn-Marc is only 5′10″…

Comment by Uhura — December 5, 2006 @ 10:12 pm

Yes but Marc standing on Jesse Jackson’s shoulders is 12′

December 5, 2006 @ 11:19 pm

13. RAD wrote:

My bad Maya. My bad…!

December 6, 2006 @ 12:36 pm

14. Marc Lamont Hill wrote:

LMAO!!!!!

December 6, 2006 @ 6:24 pm

15. Blaxx wrote:

Omo, is there a conspiracy theory behind everything?

December 6, 2006 @ 10:53 pm

16. Blaxx wrote:

You’re da best omo. LOL

December 7, 2006 @ 12:45 am

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