What follows is a personal reflection, addressed as much to myself as to the Village. Make of it what you will… Bill Maher said something grotesque last week, and social media blew up. In what […]
Today’s post is a response to two different, but converging, prompts. First, as I mentioned in a comment yesterday, is my reading of Eric Foner’s Reconstruction Updated Edition: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, a massive history […]
“Saudade” — Black Brazil. I’ve been thinking over the Brazil Olympics and feeling “saudade” (can be pronounced sow—dahd-Jee) which is often dubbed a Portuguese word that is untranslatable. …a Portuguese and Galician term that is […]
The Greatest. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. One of the most well-known, recognized and beloved Americans of all times—world-wide—is Muhammad Ali. Ali may be the face many of us connect to when […]
It was late summer again, time for the yearly gathering on Serafina’s property. This year the gathering would fall on Celine’s birthday, the first of August. As she packed her large beach bag she […]
I don’t watch television so I did not follow the Emmy Award Ceremony last night. But I do follow the news and when this video showed up in my newsfeed this morning, it begged to […]
Blackface. An example of cultural appropriation from a 1900 William H. West minstrel show poster. Over the years I have had the opportunity to study oppression, and to participate in movements that fight against it, […]
It was difficult reading this announcement from Morris Dees, head of the Southern Poverty Law Center. We’ve lost a champion It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of legendary civil rights activist […]
The Bernie Sanders campaign: Connecting with black voters is a work in progress. After taking a look at the campaign staff and advisers for Hillary Clinton, looking specifically at people of color in major positions, […]
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