Refusing refugees refuge
...the fact that this action is legally allowed by bonafide US law [8 U.S. Code § 1182 - Inadmissible aliens] and the racist & supremaci
The Great Reckoning
...if I said it once, I said it a thousand times. We've grossly underestimated their sheer numbers... & how organized they are... an
That patriarchy, the triology
My man thought I had "prepared" the "part deux" response 'cuz I was late (read: forgot about) posting it... So, I di
That patriarchy, part deux...
The saga continues as we discuss patriarchy's place in Black Liberation struggles. This is the 2nd installment... go back and read the 1st one "That patriarchy, tho'," if you missed it... I was late with my 2nd reply and said to a brotha': "{ January 13, 2017 }Hi! Please pardon the delay... I wrote a response to you right after I read your reply ... and then life happened. I just came back around to share it with you ( I didn't want you to think I had just left this very li
That awkward moment when...
Why is it that the most super intelligent creative people suck at relationships and interpersonal connections?
That patriarchy tho'...
I initially responded to a post concerning whether or not patriarchy is hindering the progress of black liberation. I responded basically saying, “of course.” Then a FB friend of mine made a comment that women were always a part of the black lib movement(s). So, I politely pointed out that women faced rampant sexism and overt misogyny in the movements, and that while we may have been present, that should not be conflated with us being “included.” My friend then wanted to know
Make 'petty' an Olympic sport
Question:
Since when has being petty been a personality aspiration?
To be petty is to harbor ill-will and spite & then use that as a we
The roots of race
...a thought (and comment)
a friend posted on FB a comment about race and its attendant mindset. this friend believes that there is a 'race paradigm' that we a trained to participate in. he equates our ability to simply 'drop' this training to our behaviour in, say, an emergency room where one doesn't care who helps to save them – your trained race views don’t come into play then, he posits.
I don't completely disagree, yet I also have another angle on this.
here is my re
