sunny days are rare
this time of year
i take them when i can
remember this spring past
as we walked through
this old neighborhood?
fat cherry blossoms dripped from
strained boughs, petals splashed
down to sift
into heavy, pink drifts
on the charming,
cracked
sidewalk
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There’s often a lot of confusion surrounding the term “white privilege”. Much of this confusion comes from hard working white folks who feel slighted at the suggestion that anything other than hard work was a reason for their success in life. So I’m going to take a second and give an example, using my ownContinue reading “It is My Privilege…”
I have seen, countless times, people ask why is it okay to say “black power” but not “white power”. Let’s break this down. Over 400 years ago, the North Atlantic slave trade brought lots of people over here to the new world (remember this is pre United States). Over the course of a couple ofContinue reading “White is not a Culture”
I remember grade school, in a little country school here in this humble, blue-collar river town. Knox Butte Elementary school had less than eighty students. It was so small that some of our grades were combined – second and third grade shared a classroom as did fifth and sixth grade. Aside from the typical dramasContinue reading “Idealism at End”
Note: This list will continue to be updated as time and information allows. 2020 May George Floyd 46, May 25th [One officer charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, three others will face charges of aiding and abetting murder – it took several days of WORLDWIDE protest to get charges filed] Killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, duringContinue reading “Black Lives Matter”
Just get over it. Such an easy phrase for some folks to utter. Give me a second, tho, and let me spell out for you why this is something that, in the case of race relations, is easier said than done for some folks up in these United States. It all started around 500 yearsContinue reading “Just Get Over It”
One of my pet peeves is the very white-culture concept of “colorblindness”. What irritates me even more is when white folks get bent out of shape when the topic, and it’s harmfulness, are brought up. So, today we’re going to talk about “colorblindness”, what this means, and how its perceived by the people we’re supposedContinue reading “The Fallacy of “Colorblindness””
Interesting story here…at least to me. Hopefully it is for you, as well. I should probably start by saying that there are few musical artists that have had a bigger impact on me than ani difranco. From the start, I was captivated by her kind of strange and funky, modern folksy, punk rock original sound.Continue reading “The Fragile White Liberal”
A representative democracy hmm? What would you say if I told you that in the entire 245 years of the United States of America’s existence, there have been a total of 11 Black senators, in all of that time? One of them is now our VP-Elect. Please note that Warnock is brand new. Raphael WarnockContinue reading “Talk About Representation”
I’ve been a university technology consultant for 13 years now. I’ve geared so many people up on WordPress blogs…I know the system inside and out. I’ve built blog sites for customers and friends, but I’ve never really maintained one just for myself. So now I am. Despite my experience, it never fails…the first post isContinue reading “That Awkward Introduction…”
