Tag Archives: african americans

This Inconvenient Hero Rises (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Now that he is safely dead

Let us praise him

build monuments to his glory

sing hosannas to his name. Read on…

The Danger of Becoming a WANNABUT

There have been numerous occasions in my work on issues related to racism when I have seen creativity stifled by someone who says, “but,” “but,” “but.”…. It usually comes in response to a suggestion about what a person or group might do programmatically to counter the effects of racism. Read on…

Notes from a Mis-Educated White Man

I am an educated man.

I went twelve years to school and graduated from high school.

I am an educated man.

I went to college for two years, before going to World War II. Read on…