Growing Up in The BlacknessGrowing up in The Blackness. This entry was posted in Black People Celebration Community Memories Music Power - Politics & Race self-esteem The Family and tagged Annie Malone Homer G. Phillips Hospital Kinloch Missouri St. Louis. St. Louis America on March 30, 2021 by Candelaria Silva
5 The Illusion of Peace Without Justice by Candelaria SilvaPeace over justice has always been my wayChoosing, preferring to stay out of the frayNow, I see this […] This entry was posted in Black People Language & Words Power - Politics & Race and tagged Black Lives Matter No justice no peace social justice tsunami of evil on June 4, 2020 by Candelaria Silva
1 Hard come, easy go – workplace diversityI used to keep my distance. I was professionally courteous but made little effort to get to know […] This entry was posted in Black People Boston Community Diversity Power - Politics & Race Work & working and tagged workplace diversity on August 6, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
3 Po-Po-Poetry – Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia RankineCitizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine won the PEN Open Book Award and the PEN Literary Award, […] This entry was posted in Black People Books Language & Words Power - Politics & Race and tagged Claudia Rankine; Citizen: An American Lyric; National Poetry Month on April 14, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
1 Negative attention feeds Trumps tantrums and egoLike a young child who wants attention so badly that they will do bad or stupid stuff to […] This entry was posted in Power - Politics & Race Rants and tagged Adult tantrums Donald Trump negative attention Tantrums Trump on February 16, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
4 We are all connected – Women’s March BostonParticipating in the Women’s March in Boston on January 21, 2017, with the multitudes of people got me to […] This entry was posted in Boston Celebration Community Diversity Faith Power - Politics & Race The Family Women and tagged Connectedness Diversity multitudes Women's March; Boston Women's March on January 26, 2017 by Candelaria Silva
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 […] This entry was posted in Black People Friendship Power - Politics & Race and tagged Exclusion racism Racists in the family the black people Trump on December 9, 2016 by Candelaria Silva
3 Anyone but you (Trump)Any place but here Anyone but you Any time ‘cept now Lord, please help me through. No place […] This entry was posted in Language & Words Power - Politics & Race words of wisdom and tagged 2016 US Presidential Election Donald Trump Sorrow in US Election on November 10, 2016 by Candelaria Silva
6 The 13th – Director Ava DuVernay’s documentary for NetflixNeither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly […] This entry was posted in Black People Community Power - Politics & Race and tagged Ava DuVernay Criminal Justice Malkia Cyril mass incarceration Michelle Alexander Shakur Senghor The 13th amendment to the Constitution The 13th documentary The New Jim Crow on October 10, 2016 by Candelaria Silva
5 In despair about disparitiesSo, you’ve invited to the meeting, convening, conversation or whatever the hell it’s being called this time – […] This entry was posted in Black People Boston Language & Words Power - Politics & Race Rants and tagged data discussing inequality Hidden Cost of Being African-American inequality Nikki Rosa by Nikki Giovanni social justice discussions The Half has Never Been Told The New Jim Crow Warmth of Other Suns white privilege Why you get tFunky on Me on August 28, 2016 by Candelaria Silva
2 Defining Blackness – Beyonce, Jamelia & CandelariaNote: I posted this piece in 2009. It bears repeating because of the recent brouhaha over Beyonce’s blackness. […] This entry was posted in Black People Celebration Language & Words Power - Politics & Race Rants self-esteem words of wisdom and tagged Beyonce blackness defined Jamelia Piers Morgan Queen Bey on April 27, 2016 by Candelaria Silva
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 […] This entry was posted in Black People Boston Community Power - Politics & Race Rants Roxbury-related and tagged Boston Redevelopment Authority Chuck Turner Dianne Wilkerson Roxbury Strategic Masterpla Oversight Committee The Joker Tremont Crossing Project on January 4, 2016 by Candelaria Silva
2 Positive Statistics about Black MenI wonder if I should even bother with this post. After all, the Black men I know personally […] This entry was posted in Black People Diversity Encouragement Language & Words Power - Politics & Race and tagged black men Derrick Jackson I Am A Statistic Mystic Valley NAACP Statistics Sterling Brown on March 3, 2015 by Candelaria Silva
6 Telling like it T-I-Is – Dr. Beverly ScottDr. Beverly Scott, who stunned Boston by announcing her resignation as General Manager of the Mass. Bay Transportation […] This entry was posted in Boston Diversity Local Politics Money and thrift Power - Politics & Race Tribute and tagged Dr. Beverly Scott MBTA public transportation on February 12, 2015 by Candelaria Silva
1 Here + There = EverywhereWe are all in this together. What don’t we understand about this? We may all live differently in […] This entry was posted in Community Healthcare Musings about life Power - Politics & Race Rants words of wisdom and tagged AIDS epidemic Ebola Crisis One World on October 12, 2014 by Candelaria Silva
2 The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (Copyright 2010, 2012 by […] This entry was posted in Black People Books Power - Politics & Race and tagged black men Frantz Fanon mass incarceration Michelle Alexander Police Prison prison industrial complex racism The New Jim Crow W.E.B. Du Bois War on Drugs on September 7, 2014 by Candelaria Silva
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, […] This entry was posted in Black People Musings about life Power - Politics & Race Rants and tagged Ferguson Missouri Little Black Book Michael Brown Raising Black Boys Safety of Black Boys on August 23, 2014 by Candelaria Silva
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 […] This entry was posted in Black People Boston Community Language & Words Power - Politics & Race Rants words of wisdom Work & working and tagged Candelaria Silva Center for Economic and Social Justice community development Full employment Jr. Day National Association of Social Workers Social Justice; Martin Luther King on January 28, 2014 by Candelaria Silva