{"id":54822,"date":"2017-04-19T05:24:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T05:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=54822"},"modified":"2017-04-19T05:26:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T05:26:57","slug":"from-brooklyn-to-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=54822","title":{"rendered":"From Brooklyn to Birmingham, a contemplative stroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; unity in the face of difference, radiance in the face of rage ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>This little pilgrimage began when I saw this tweet, reteeted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bridgeinit\">The Bridge initiative<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Taoist (me) gives up his seat to a Hasidic couple, who scoot over so a Muslim woman can nurse her baby on Easter Sunday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/America?src=hash\">#America<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1HbzE8sVgi\">pic.twitter.com\/1HbzE8sVgi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jackie Summers (@jackfrombkln) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackfrombkln\/status\/853686392882376704\">April 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A Taoist, and from Brooklyn &#8212; okay!<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>I went off to track down <strong>Jackie Summers<\/strong> from Brooklyn, and behold, checking his FB feed I run across this, from a few days back:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/jackie-summers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/jackie-summers.png 500w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/jackie-summers-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>which sends me to this deliciously quiet and unassuming TV news report from, yes, New Zealand if I&#8217;m not mistaken:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CispuvS37X4?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[ would that all the world&#8217;s newscasters showed such restraint ]<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>That newscast in turn let me to this tweet from a British MP:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who looks like they have power here, the real Brummy on the left or the EDL who migrated for the day to our city and failed to assimilate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bu96ALQsOL\">pic.twitter.com\/bu96ALQsOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jess Phillips MP (@jessphillips) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessphillips\/status\/850786329814327297\">April 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And this even more glorious photo of <strong>Saffyah Khan<\/strong>&#8216;s face, taken from the Guardian&#8217;s report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/apr\/11\/protest-photos-the-power-of-one-woman-against-the-world\">Protest photos: the power of one woman against the world<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/saffira-khan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/saffira-khan.png 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/saffira-khan-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>From that Guardian article: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shows of strength and defiance aren\u2019t in short supply at your average protest \u2013 demonstrating, by its nature, requires a level of commitment that weeds out the bystanders, the unimpressively apathetic. But what is it that makes the money shot? The protest photo that goes viral? Well, for one, women. Or, more accurately, one woman. Often a striking, beautiful-looking woman. But mostly, a woman who looks like a badass without seeming to do anything much that is dramatic at all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1816.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1816.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/1816-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For anyone trying to work out the Venn diagram of iconic protest imagery, three tropes will immediately jump to the fore: the quiet dignity of said woman; the battle-hungry paraphernalia of male authority (your shields and batons and chunky uniforms); and the dramatic flip of power that clash presents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Pretty much all of the above &#8212; the Taoist, the Hassidim, the Muslim lady with child, the radiant protester Saffiyah Khan, <strong>Jess Phillips MP<\/strong> &#8212; have gone viral, in a world that thirsts for such things.<\/p>\n<p>Deep bows to them all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; unity in the face of difference, radiance in the face of rage ] . This little pilgrimage began when I saw this tweet, reteeted by The Bridge initiative: A Taoist (me) gives up his seat to a Hasidic couple, who scoot over so a Muslim woman can nurse her baby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,483,753,717,688,855,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charles-cameron","category-extremists","category-islam","category-judaism","category-peace","category-tao","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54822"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54833,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54822\/revisions\/54833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}