Latest Blog Posts for About Race

• #AltonSterling
  on Jul 6, 2016 in #AltonSterling Alton Sterling campaign Civil War Confederate Donald Trump Free State of Jones Mississippi mixed-race Newt Knight racism segregation slavery Southern heritage
  I am immersed in this election campaign, debating and sharing mostly with my liberal friends – most of my conservative friends no longer speak to me, nor I to them. I never thought I would be that person. I always enjoyed having a diverse group of...
• #AltonSterling #PhilandroCastile
  on Jul 6, 2016 in #AltonSterling Alton Sterling campaign Civil War Confederate Donald Trump Free State of Jones Mississippi mixed-race Newt Knight Philando Castile racism segregation slavery Southern heritage
  Note: I want to believe we, the American people, are better than police slaughtering people of color, the systematized racist solution to keeping white people in the majority and people of color powerless. How many of you feel fear every time your sp...
• #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile
  on Jul 6, 2016 in #AltonSterling Alton Sterling campaign Civil War Confederate Donald Trump Free State of Jones Mississippi mixed-race Newt Knight Philando Castile racism segregation slavery Southern heritage
  Note: I want to believe we, the American people, are better than police slaughtering people of color, the systematized racist solution to keeping white people in the majority and people of color powerless. How many of you feel fear every time your sp...
• The Greatest is Dead
  on Jun 7, 2016 in Bernie Sanders black nationalist boxing Democratic Party discrimination Donald Trump GOP Hillary Rodham Clinton Muhammad Ali presidential election primary racism
  Muhammad Ali died this week.  His death represented a watershed moment personally and for our country and the world. He was one of the movers and shakers of the era in which I grew up. His life affected my life, my thinking and my understanding...
• Prince Died
  on Apr 25, 2016 in Baby Boomers being in love college days David Bowie I Wanna Be Your Lover Michael Jackson music Prince Prince Rogers Nelson soundtrack Syracuse University
  I wanna to be your loverI wanna to be the only one that makes you come running~ Prince Rogers NelsonPrince died, and I’m having a hard time accepting it. As I write this I am watching a Lethal Weapon marathon on AMC, eyes tearing up during movies t...
• Angry White People, Part II
  on Mar 12, 2016 in Donald Trump GOP Hitler mob mentality Nazi protesters racism rally rhetoric Trump violence
  The GOP campaign is getting ugly and violent. Donald Trump refuses to take responsibility, but he is responsible. He is responsible for using people’s fears and anger to incite them. He is responsible for using their hatred to ramp up their fervor.
• Angry White People
  on Feb 29, 2016 in 1936 Olympics black David Duke Donald Trump GOP hatred Jesse Owens KKK Nazi Germany neo-confederate race in America racism white white supremacist
  No one wants to talk about race or racism these days, and yet everyone does. Sometimes it is subtle, as when someone uses coded language, like how the country is changing. Other times, it is blatant like the birther movement against President Obama o...
• The Ugly American
  on Dec 7, 2015 in Dalton Trumbo discrimination Donald Trump fear First Amendment hatred House Un-American Activities Committee immigrants Muslim paranoia President Obama terrorism ugly American
  I first remember hearing this phrase when I was in my teens, back in the 1970s. Originally it was the title of a novel published in 1958 and a film released in 1963, starring Marlon Brando. According to Wiki, The Ugly American “depicts the failures...
• No More
  on Jun 26, 2015 in black Confederate flag Dylann Roof inequality Mother Emanuel AME Church Nikki Haley racism South Carolina stars and bars terrorism white white fragility
  I am angry. I’ve been fighting for equality, fairness, and justice for my entire adult life, and these last six years have been some of the most difficult. Millions of others must share my anger, frustration, and disappointment.But there are millio...
• Race Identity - True or False
  on Jun 17, 2015 in Baltimore black Ferguson McKinney race identity Rachel Dolezal social construct of race white
  I met a white woman about thirty-five years ago during a job interview. I did not know her well, but apparently she knew me. She told me we were in the same boat.  “Which boat?” I asked. “We are both dating black men.”I accepted the job...

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