*Disclaimer: Somehow I am going to manage a post that combines race and blogging and pop culture (admittedly, from the 80s) and some experiences about being black. I will probably not master all of those things and this will be a little uncomfortable. Trust me when I say that this isn’t an easy place to [...]
When I was in college and went down to the admissions office to pick up my schedule and discuss an issue on some forms I received, I was met with serious derision. My classes were the ones I chose and I liked them all. The first semester of college was actually fun for me because [...]
This picture is worth a thousand words. Malcolm X, Barack Obama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Feel free to add any if you wish.
It has occurred to me, through reading yesterday’s comments, that Black History really should have something more tied to it than just a litany of events and dates and names of inventors and musicians and politicians. Though, historically, being tied to politics is a serious and warranted part of the struggle that very history wrought. [...]
What better way to start writing again then to drop some knowledge since it’s Black History Month? On this day in 1960 four Black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University staged a sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro. Men like this made it possible, through their peaceful demonstrations, for my [...]
It gets harder and harder to come back to writing when I let time go by, so consider this the first of many posts to come. I’m ready to come back to writing regularly. (See also: I have found someone to finish the re-design for me at a decent price. That’ll happen in January.) What [...]
Nothing pains me more as a patriotic American than when people in our country forget our history. To that end, I present Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech which he delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on this date 47 years ago. That’s all I want to post today. I only ask that [...]
Do you remember junior high? It isn’t looked upon kindly by most adults because they hold memories for us that include hair growing from new places, squeaky voices, and a face full of zits. It’s Nature’s Cruel Joke to have our bodies change at the same time young brains are switching over to maturity and [...]
It’s not like me to shy away from controversy so every night this past week I have had a discussion with my family about Park 51. There have been points made and arguments discussed. I could link to them, but I won’t. But I’m reading a lot. It’s already all been said so far. Today, [...]
When my sister became a grandmother I took pleasure in teasing her quite a bit, but she says she was ready for it even though she’s a mere 40. Last weekend I visited with my family in Chicago and took my good camera (I have a point and shoot as well) and decided that I [...]
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