That Area Between Black and White
That figure we’ve been insisting members of the regime back up? The “4000 people from terrorist list stopped” figure coming from the White House? It’s actually six. Six people. So. . . they rounded up? And how about that statement from Sarah Sanders this weekend, “We know that roughly, nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists …
Life is short. Sure it’s trite, but it’s also true. We’re reminded so often because grasping this is vital to our decision-making in day-to-day life. I lost my friend in Florida. I have other important friends, people I love dearly, but she was special, and she was one of my few tethers to the world. …
It’s funny how images from the television can stick with us. Since I was little, I’ve imagined all of us as a group of pretty, smiling people holding hands and walking side-by-side toward a common goal. I thought it was a Coke commercial, but I can’t find the ad. Regardless of the origin, the image …
I am a woman. I am not less than anyone. I am equal. I shouldn’t have to remind anyone of this, but here we are in 2018 with people fighting for rights for animals but not for women (or non-white people, LGBTQ, etc.). Since this seems to be a difficult concept for many, I’m going …
Crime is bad. There are degrees of crimes, but it is generally bad to commit a crime. I wonder how many crimes I’ve committed this week, probably only trespassing and speeding, but who’s to say, for sure? There are laws on the books that we laugh about; they’re still laws, and violating them is still …
For weeks now, most of my sisters and brothers and I have been holding our breath. I am not sure we knew it, but we were. We didn’t stop doing the work, speaking out, ripping off scabs to publicly reveal our wounds, begging to be heard, crying out for a better choice – there are …
I’ve been holding my breath or maybe it’s zoning out. Or zoning in. I’m not the only one. The news comes at us from all directions lately, but there is a chorus from another channel that is coming to the fore. It’s getting louder and clearer through the din of whining men and greedy, lying …
I’ve been quiet lately, taking massive amounts of information in, calling my Senators, listening, reading. . . but today I will take some time to stop worrying about the future and let this day be about remembering who and what we lost all those years ago. Today is not to dwell on conspiracies and lies …
Vote like a black woman. I’ve been seeing this all over social media, and it’s good advice, sounds simple, but there is a lot of information included in those five words about their choices and motivations. I was chugging right along on these two parts of the post, eager to talk about the Democratic Party, …
(This is part one of two. . .) For the first three or so decades of my life I learned to think the way I was taught in the midwest, to view voting day, if I bothered to show, as choosing between the “lesser of two evils.” As a 50-something now, I look back on …