Tag: black lives matter
Gen Z’s Cancel Culture: They’re Cancelling the Racists
As a mom of 2 Gen Z’ers, (one who voted in the primaries- woohoo!), I have some things to say. (See Pew Research Center’s May 2020 article: On the Cusp of Adulthood and Facing an Uncertain Future: What We Know About Gen Z So Far) First: I’m blessed to have watched not only my kids […]
Deconstructing Police Brutality
There is a ton of complexity on the police brutality issue. Military industrial complex using police forces as a place to dump “old” equipment because they need to spend our tax money to keep churning out more as well as to use this equipment to flex dominance on the world stage (I’m being kind in […]
Podcast on SoundCloud & YouTube: White Privilege is Killing People – Call to Action
White Privilege is real. It’s time for the uncomfortable conversation of race to happen in America. We’re boiling over and turning the other cheek is killing people. This is a Call to Action for White Americans. ” … the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or […]
I Take a Knee
I know I am overly passionate and argumentative- but racism (xenophobia- all its forms) has always been a huge trigger for me. As far back as I can remember. When I was a child even. I remember grilling my husband about it when we dated- because racism in a partner is an absolute deal […]
Translating All Lives Matter Language
Published on the Huffington Post- Black Voices. Americans as a whole are a patriotic bunch. We don’t stand for the idea of people taking away our freedoms. We will stand on the hill tops proclaiming how important our freedoms are to us. But what is puzzling is that when black Americans and their allies stand […]
Why You Sound Like An Idiot When You Say, “All Lives Matter!”
All Lives Matter All Lives {should} Matter All Lives {in practice don’t} Matter {except privileged people} All Lives {in practice don’t} Matter {except privileged people- so those who don’t matter in practice try to say something about the fact that their lives don’t matter in practice} All Lives {in practice don’t} Matter {except privileged people- […]
Grieving the Victims of the Charleston Church Terrorist Attack
On this first day of Ramadan, our nation grieves the victims of a terrorist attack that took place at an historic Charleston Church in South Carolina, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church . My friend and fellow interfaith peace lover, Larry Perlman, put to words what I could not say better! With his permission, I am […]