Posted in Relationships, Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2009
Last week I wrote about Pope Benedict’s call for us to view human relations through the lens of ”man’s transcendent dignity.” One reader’s response: When I consider the infinite variables that make up a person: age, race, personality, region of origin, ancestry, family size, birth order, value systems, stage of life, economic and educational experiences, [...]
Posted in Racism, Relationships on May 11th, 2009
As a first-time visitor to this blog, you may be wondering about my credibility in the token role of Average White Guy. Fear not: Bill Cosby and Colin Powell are my favorite black people. I think immigrants should learn our language, just like my grandfather did. I’m not clear why it’s okay for 50 Cent [...]
Posted in Happiness, Relationships on Apr 16th, 2009
We are a merry band. Our objective is not to steal from the rich and give to the poor. But we are for the poor. The poor of vision. The poor of understanding. The poor of spirit. The poverty of ignorance. Racism is a problem with one shortcoming: A Proper Answer. In time each author [...]
Posted in Happiness, Racism, Relationships on Apr 10th, 2009
“If I am me because you are you And you are you because I am me Then I am not me and you are not you. But if I am me because I am me And you are you because you are you Then I am me and you are you.” Abe Wagner Have two [...]
Posted in Relationships on Apr 2nd, 2009
It hovered in silence, awaiting its next instruction. Clothed in dust, its station was elegantly solitaire. His eyes widened as he came closer. Tiptoeing he could almost read its tattoo. A faint whisp detracted him. His eyes darted to his left, into the deep blue of early morning’s light. He was alone. “Good morning, son.” [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Education, Relationships on Mar 30th, 2009
A young man stopped by to see me the other day. I looked up, delighted to see him. I hadn’t seen him in nearly two years. I heard that he moved to Chicago. I expected to see him on Oprah one day. I met this young man at a diversity training opening week at the [...]
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, 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 Relationships on Mar 4th, 2009
-A mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
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 [...]
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