<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16607511.post114480323876223411..comments</id><updated>2008-12-13T05:28:39.918-03:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Bahá’í  Thought: Why I am "African American"</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bahaithought.com/feeds/114480323876223411/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16607511/114480323876223411/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bahaithought.com/2006/04/why-i-am-african-american.html'/><author><name>Phillipe Copeland</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18342490962831946701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16607511.post-7890019199462072783</id><published>2006-12-27T12:02:00.000-03:00</published><updated>2006-12-27T12:02:00.000-03:00</updated><title type='text'>The UHJ notes the various terms that have been or ...</title><content type='html'>The UHJ notes the various terms that have been or are used to identify the people living in America whose ancestors were Africian.  All these are merely names for a dearly beloved people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The UHJ then raises "Transformation of hearts" to a higher plane than terminology.  That brings to mind a poem that I first read 43 years ago. I sense a unity in what the UHJ and the poet are teaching us.  The peem reads as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The night is beautiful&lt;br /&gt;So the faces of my people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The stars are beautiful&lt;br /&gt;So the eyes of my people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful also is the sun.&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful also are the souls of my people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   - Langston Hughes</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16607511/114480323876223411/comments/default/7890019199462072783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16607511/114480323876223411/comments/default/7890019199462072783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bahaithought.com/2006/04/why-i-am-african-american.html?showComment=1167231720000#c7890019199462072783' title=''/><author><name>Larry Orloff</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bahaithought.com/2006/04/why-i-am-african-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16607511.post-114480323876223411' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16607511/posts/default/114480323876223411' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>