Category: Race Relations

  • Let’s Ignore Candace Owens!

    Let’s Ignore Candace Owens!

    I wrote a letter to a friend who expressed admiration for Candace Owens. He was surprised that I was not a fan. I want to clearly describe why here. I felt like I had failed to communicate the reason I have such disdain for Ms. Owens.   As we shared on Facebook, I felt myself drawing…

  • Talking Loud and Saying Nothing

    Talking Loud and Saying Nothing

    ( a poem) All Talk Radio All the talk that’s fit to hear 24 hour talk radio Talk on Demand Non-stop Talk and Entertainment News Talk for those in the know Fair and Balanced Talk. News. Chat Chit-Chat, Chat rooms internet chatter Rap Rhymes riddles R&B up to the minute on the hour At this…

  • April 4, 1968

    April 4, 1968

    April 6, 1968, was a Thursday night and as was our custom, we were at choir rehearsal. My mother was a musician, and helped direct choir rehearsal every week.  As far as I can remember, I and my brothers learned to sit and listen (or draw/color pictures) or mindlessly be bored quietly while songs and…

  • Will You Vote Against Trump?  Is 7up?

    Will You Vote Against Trump? Is 7up?

    In February of 2018 a New York Times op-ed contributor penned a piece: “Trump Wants to Make America White Again”. His campaign slogan turned right side up.  I first heard it from Maxine Waters (D-CA) and it is somewhat coded (i.e. in code) and may need clarification.  ‘Make America White Again’ alludes to going back…

  • MLK Day 1/20/2020

    MLK Day 1/20/2020

    I was late to research and revise an entry for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.   Amazingly what I found was a unique similarity between what was called for in 1968.  Conspiracy theorists opine that King’s fight for racial equality was his first act.  They concluded that when he began work to eradicate poverty, there was…