(I’m challenging myself to write daily starting now, 8/7/2025) Disclaimers: First, I have been challenging myself to write daily. I fell off for a whole week. Back at it now. Secondarily, my writing for this challenge is largely stream of consciousness. This is my thinking, things I’m puzzling through, knowledge I am building for myself….
Tag: antiracism
I Had Fifteen Writing Ideas Today…More or Less
(I’m challenging myself to write daily starting now, 7/30/2025)
Let’s Stop the Fuckery
(I’m challenging myself to write daily starting now, 7/29/2025) If we are the kind of friends where I won’t come to your home because of the company you keep, I’m not inviting you into my home. My home is my inner sanctum. It is where I recharge and protect myself from the energies of the…
I Owe Much of My Opportunities, Privilege, and Rights to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Those Who Struggled for Civil Rights
Growing up, Dr. King was frequently spoken of in my home. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 and I was born July 4, 1970, so his death in relation to my birth was probably at the front of my mom’s and grandma’s minds as I was the first mixed kid in the family. My…
Belated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Post
On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, things look bleak, his legacy and life’s work threatened. It feels dystopian, foreboding, and surreal. 1) Here we sit in the midst of a global pandemic that has killed over 800,000 people domestically and more than 5 million people globally. In this country, far too many workers have…
White Accountability to Black Lives
Much has been written in the last several weeks (and in fact, over the years and decades) about what white people can do to get in the struggle for full racial equity, how to be an ally, how to beef up their knowledge base. I don’t intend to rehash any of that. It is Googleable,…
Getting Free From White Supremacy and Racism in My Personal Lifescape
James Baldwin said, “To be a Negro In this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” And goddam am I in a rage today! Not unlike the rage of the last 4 years under a genocidal, pathological liar, racist, white supremacist, forever impeached piece of shit…
A Partial List of Resources About Race, Racism, Critical Race Theory, and Other Things: Films, Books, Articles, Websites, Museums, Music, and Other Resources
Film/Television I am Not Your Negro (Prime and Netflix) The Hate U Give (Prime) The Uncomfortable Truth (Prime) Birth of a Movement (prime) Sis, You Okay? (Prime) The FBI’s War on Black America (Prime) The Aryans: The Madness of Racism (Prime) Two Black Men A Week (Prime) The Wire (HBO) Kill the Messenger (Netflix) Our…
A List of Readings, Movies, and Other Resources For People Wanting to Critically Engage
I have been asked by friends and family wanting to explore their white privilege and race issues the past several days, at first I thought that I would curate a list. Then I remembered/realized that many others have already created lists. I don’t feel that I need to rehash what has already been done. So maybe instead,…
Grouchy in Paradise 