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| Charles Ramsey - ABC News Interview |
When I first saw pictures of Charles Ramsey, I suspected that the photos were selected because of the way they portrayed him. Still, Chuck made the joke on his would be critics. In spite of his perceived style of "storytelling" or maybe (in my view) because of it, Chuck was able to bring a rarely seen public authenticity and candid insight into issues of race and class in America. In simple and clear language, no less. Plus, Chuck (albeit unintentionally) gave the women he helped rescue, and their families, the privacy they craved. I doubt the media would have freely given such privacy otherwise.
Unfortunately, his most important comments were glossed over, ignored, or eschewed, primarily out of the fear of most of the media being unable to spin it into something other than one man's truth. This type of truth that most of us wouldn't have the courage to utter or hear amongst mixed company, yet alone on live television.
Thanks Chuck, for keepin' it real; from all of us who don't always have the courage to when the situation requires it.
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