Posted in Business, Culture, Economics, Education, Equity, History, Immigration, Labor, Mexico, Socioeconomic on Apr 1st, 2009
When I told Chidrup, who is from India, that I am working on a project about the problems of racism in the US, he was puzzled. He sees the US as a place of education and boundless opportunity for everyone.
Young Franklin, eyeing the perfect opportunity for his daily good deed as a newly-minted Boy Scout, politely asks the woman waiting to cross the road if he can be of assistance. She is clearly blind, and he is only too eager to help. The woman graciously accepts his offer. Halfway across the street, she asks [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Arts, Culture, Education, History, Law & Justice, Racism on Mar 25th, 2009
When my friend Chidrup and I talked about racism in the US, there was a big chunk of information missing from his understanding: He didn’t know about the history of white domination and the enslavement of African people in the United States for nearly four-hundred years. It was hard to tell Chidrup the truth. I’m [...]
Posted in History, Law & Justice, Politics on Mar 20th, 2009
We’ve all heard or read it: “…in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.” But who among you took it upon yourself to get past the initial wave of b.s. analysis and shock value by looking up Attorney General Eric Holder’s speech text [...]
Posted in Culture, Economics, History, Law & Justice, Racism, Religion on Mar 18th, 2009
…now I understood something about my own country I didn’t understand before. I know why so many white people here don’t realize how serious the problem of racism is in the USA. I finally get it.
Posted in Arts, Culture, Entertainment, History, Media, Relationships on Mar 4th, 2009
Exline Park by R. C. Hickman (1955) From the R. C. Hickman Photographic Archive at the Center for American History, the University of Texas at Austin I’m giving you really short notice, as this show will only be up until Sunday, March 8. But if you’re anywhere near the Irving Arts Center (3333 N. MacArthur [...]
Posted in Culture, Happiness, History, Religion on Mar 4th, 2009
Here I was skating with black people mostly, but everyone really, a rainbow of people, and we were all flying together. We were a graceful flock of swallows, all soaring one way, then the other — swaying in unison — lifted together by the music and singing our hearts out. Flying was our form of prayer and our hope for the future and this was our anthem:
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