Growing Up in The Blackness
Growing up in The Blackness.
Power – Politics & Race
5 The Illusion of Peace Without Justice by Candelaria Silva
Peace over justice has always been my wayChoosing, preferring to stay out of the frayNow, I see this […]
1 Hard come, easy go – workplace diversity
I used to keep my distance. I was professionally courteous but made little effort to get to know […]
3 Po-Po-Poetry – Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine won the PEN Open Book Award and the PEN Literary Award, […]
Negative attention feeds Trumps tantrums and ego
Like a young child who wants attention so badly that they will do bad or stupid stuff to […]
4 We are all connected – Women’s March Boston
Participating in the Women’s March in Boston on January 21, 2017, with the multitudes of people got me to […]
25 Friends whose family I can’t meet – racists in the ...
Turns out I have friends who have racists in the family. About 30 or so years ago, I […]
3 Anyone but you (Trump)
Any place but here Anyone but you Any time ‘cept now Lord, please help me through. No place […]
6 The 13th – Director Ava DuVernay’s documentary for Netflix
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly […]
5 In despair about disparities
So, you’ve invited to the meeting, convening, conversation or whatever the hell it’s being called this time – […]
Defining Blackness – Beyonce, Jamelia & Candelaria
Note: I posted this piece in 2009. It bears repeating because of the recent brouhaha over Beyonce’s blackness. […]
6 This meeting needs an enema
“This town needs an enema,” the Joker’s character played by Jack Nicholson says in a Batman movie. He […]
2 Positive Statistics about Black Men
I wonder if I should even bother with this post. After all, the Black men I know personally […]
6 Telling like it T-I-Is – Dr. Beverly Scott
Dr. Beverly Scott, who stunned Boston by announcing her resignation as General Manager of the Mass. Bay Transportation […]
Here + There = Everywhere
We are all in this together. What don’t we understand about this? We may all live differently in […]
2 The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (Copyright 2010, 2012 by […]
8 Will this keep my grandson safe?
I have an old acquaintance who types all of his emails in capital letters. They all begin, GREETINGS, […]
2 What Social Justice Means (to me)
Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities. Social workers […]