Comments on: Wash Post slams Essie Mae book http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/01/25/wash-post-slams-essie-mae-book/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:45:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: molly http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/01/25/wash-post-slams-essie-mae-book/#comment-2996 molly Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:25:50 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/01/wash-post-slams-essie-mae-book/#comment-2996 I agree with Joe, its much easier to criticize when the shoe is on the other foot. Mrs. Williams is a forgiving christian woman, that is what I've gathered from her book. There is no need to bash or trash, not only the man who brought her into this world but took care of his parental resposibilities. Now I'm not letting Mr. Thurmond off the hook because he most certainly was WRONG for engaging in sex with a minor. But the man is gone, what good would it have done for Mrs. Williams to trash a man she loved, I think the media did a somewhat fairly good job of that by themselves. I think the book was an excellent read, and it shed some much needed light, on the highly overlooked black female/white male concubine sexual relationships. There are so many stories like Mrs. Williams, but for some reason they always get overlooked. Sad!! I agree with Joe, its much easier to criticize when the shoe is on the other foot. Mrs. Williams is a forgiving christian woman, that is what I’ve gathered from her book. There is no need to bash or trash, not only the man who brought her into this world but took care of his parental resposibilities. Now I’m not letting Mr. Thurmond off the hook because he most certainly was WRONG for engaging in sex with a minor. But the man is gone, what good would it have done for Mrs. Williams to trash a man she loved, I think the media did a somewhat fairly good job of that by themselves. I think the book was an excellent read, and it shed some much needed light, on the highly overlooked black female/white male concubine sexual relationships. There are so many stories like Mrs. Williams, but for some reason they always get overlooked. Sad!!

]]> By: joe http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/01/25/wash-post-slams-essie-mae-book/#comment-804 joe Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:27:51 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/01/wash-post-slams-essie-mae-book/#comment-804 I think that one's attitude toward family and loved ones should be viewed in a positive light. This is why the book should stand as it is. Unless one's relationship with their own parents are poor, I can think no other reason for a book by a daughter would come out anything but forgiving. As for the critics--perhaps they should look at their own relationships, and see whether or not this is the basis for their vile. Easier for them to criticize from the outside looking in, but not when the shoe is on the other foot. They have no heart, or it's only for themselves. I think that one’s attitude toward family and loved ones should be viewed in a positive light. This is why the book should stand as it is.

Unless one’s relationship with their own parents are poor, I can think no other reason for a book by a daughter would come out anything but forgiving.

As for the critics–perhaps they should look at their own relationships, and see whether or not this is the basis for their vile. Easier for them to criticize from the outside looking in, but not when the shoe is on the other foot. They have no heart, or it’s only for themselves.

]]> By: Lorna http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/01/25/wash-post-slams-essie-mae-book/#comment-396 Lorna Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:56:21 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/01/wash-post-slams-essie-mae-book/#comment-396 Wonderful book. Told in honest truth I believe. Maybe if times had been different for Strom he may have married her mother. Who knows? Wonderful book. Told in honest truth I believe. Maybe if times had been different for Strom he may have married her mother. Who knows?

]]> By: Damie http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/01/25/wash-post-slams-essie-mae-book/#comment-8 Damie Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:23:58 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/01/wash-post-slams-essie-mae-book/#comment-8 She's a christian lady, she has the right to be forgiving. She’s a christian lady, she has the right to be forgiving.

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