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 [...]
What do you want to be when you grow up? Linnette Figueroa wants to become a veterinarian. Tanisha Diaz wants to be a lawyer and an entrepreneur. The Springfield, Massachusetts teens are bright, hard-working and ambitious. So why shouldn’t they reach their goals?
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Equity, Racism on Mar 23rd, 2009
i am not a coward I can’t quite remember how I found Tiffany. I probably surfed through an ocean of websites before landing on YouTube. Oh, I remember. I clicked on something and ended up on The Sable Verity. Tiffany vlogs on YouTube. Through her vlog, Mulatto Diaries, Tiffany shares her thoughts and experiences as [...]
Posted in Racism, Relationships, Struggles on Mar 19th, 2009
Dave Chappelle’s video spewed the N-word like Dillinger’s machine gun.
I armoured up by recalling Richard. He nailed it.
Thought about George. He missed it. By many a mile.
Posted in Racism, Uncategorized on Mar 19th, 2009
Check out “Obama Fingers,” the new frozen food now available in Germany. Nothing racist about it, says the manufacturer - it is “an homage to the American lifestyle and the new U.S. president.” We could start a blog on any number of controversial topics – let’s pick abortion for the sake of this argument – [...]
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.
I never really thought about it until I heard a young woman whose parents were Hispanic and white talk about the tension in her family. Her mother’s relatives, the white folks, never accepted the young woman as part of their family. Her father’s relatives, the Hispanic folks, never accepted her either. She said it took [...]
Posted in Racism on Mar 16th, 2009
Sometimes, pulling the Race card is pointless and stupid, only serving to draw attention from more important issues surrrounding a subject. An African American Point of View is a nice little newspaper,
Posted in Racism, Relationships, Struggles on Mar 13th, 2009
Ours was not a harmonious relationship. The few adult conversations we managed only cemented our divide with righteous opinons, thrown from both sides of the tent. He died unexpectedly in 2006. A year or so before, he made a rare appearance at my home. The time of his arrival signaled this was not just a [...]
Posted in Racism on Mar 12th, 2009
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