The More Things Change…
What started as curiosity about my father’s family tree turned into a comparison of today’s social issues to those of a century ago.
Tag: racism
A Meditation for Buffalo
We welcome Buffalo to the club no one wants to join.
A White Woman’s Shame
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, -Deuteronomy 5:9 (KJV)
Saturday Morning Thoughts
A bit of Saturday morning introspection.
Wait a Minute, I thought Jesus Said We Were All Precious
This is Barbara Dawson. She lived in Bristol, Florida, a town about an hour away from us. Ms. Dawson died yesterday at Calhoun Liberty Hospital in Blountstown, Florida. She was transported there Sunday night by ambulance after complaining of stomach pain. On Monday morning the attending physician at the community not-for-profit hospital discharged her. When Ms. Dawson […]
White People Documentary: Do White People Believe #WhitePrivilege is Real?
MTV recently broadcast a documentary called White People that spoke about white privilege in America. If you haven’t seen it, you can watch the entire documentary here. It runs approximately 40 minutes. I have to say I was impressed with the documentary. As a person who has worked in helping professions throughout my adult life, […]
My History is Steeped in Racism, and I Didn’t Even Know It
They’re shutting down the high school I attended, and my high school peeps are posting all sorts of nostalgic comments to Facebook of wonderful times shared at a school whose mascot was the Rebel. In high school we sang “Sweet Home Alabama” while smoking pot and drinking beer on the top of Monte Sano Mountain. I […]
Dreams and Kings and Other Things
I have lived my entire life in the South. I was not quite a year old when the March on Selma took place. I’ve seen Klansmen in their robes riding in the backs of trucks, waving their flags, in broad daylight. I remember a time when white people threw around the N-word without first looking around […]
What Does Racism Have to do with Animal Exploitation?
OK, so it’s easy to assume that people who look down on people of different ethnic or racial backgrounds also see humans as superior to animals. But can we prove it? In children, no less? Well, turns out, we can. A study conducted by Kimberly Costello and Gordon Hodson of Brock University, Ontario, set out to see if […]
Dogpaddling Through Life 