Category: Culture & Life
Castoffs and leftovers: The mixed benefits of working for a white family
When my mom became a nanny for white children, I learned what proximity to privilege gives, and what it takes…
Goodbye to my American dream
The following is a reblog from SALON http://www.salon.com/2013/07/16/goodbye_to_my_american_dream/ My mom moved us here for a better life. But as a…
Who Decides the News?
Today the term is Trending! WHO decides ‘what Trending is’? WHAT is Trending (definition)? WHY is it Trending? WHERE is…
Pull up your own Bootstraps!!!
“Why can’t they pull up their own bootstraps? I did it, why can’t they? They skirt accountability and their ‘ghetto behavior’ doesn’t help!” Many…
Moore Oklahoma: A Resilient Community
********** Oklahoma victims in the path of this horrific tornado need our help. Kirisyko at Sykose ‘s, new post, How to help Oklahoma…
The Forgotten Black Experience, not Trending…What is it?
Have you ever been part of a conversation, physically, but not socially? Everyone makes eye contact with each other except…
A captive audience
Jeff Nguyen ‘s Deconstructing Myths is an exceptional blog. His article, “A captive audence” is great, providing a provocative perspective linking today’s Educational…
Un-packing Racism an interview with Rev. David Billings, D.Div.
Another outstanding article by IzzieJ from her blog BondFires, offers factual evidence for many of my posts on culture and…
White Privilege (Video) by Tim Wise
This videos is from Yusef Wateef’s, the Pathology of White Privilege, a creative presentation of this pathologic problem targeting ethnic minorities. I like…
