That Area Between Black and White
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 …
Things are moving quickly. In 1933 Germany, the first political prisoners were being rounded up for an indefinite period without charges to be held in various locations around the country. Forced labor began around 1939. Killing centers opened in 1941. This timeline pretty much covers where my immediate concern is as an American. Don’t get …
For the past couple of weeks, the key word in the news is “ripped.” Children are being “ripped” from their parent’s arms. Good people need help, and we’re being horrible to them. The emotions the verbiage brings up, that it intends to get across, works up until every single post and reporter uses the same …
Another day, another shooting at an elementary school. Same ol’. This time it’s in San Bernardino, California. I want to rage and cry and beg my lawmakers to seriously consider solutions, but I know it won’t help. It won’t stop me trying. “Ya see, the problem is you took God out of school.” Fuck that. …
Throughout the weekend there has been debate in the news and on social media about the hows and whys of 45’s attack on Syria. Most of it is the same stuff I brought up in my post last week about going about it the wrong way. The president should have gone to Congress when he …
(From Are We Great, Yet? (part one) – Hate is taught. I’m not saying hate hasn’t always been around, but I am saying we teach it to those around us, to our children. Sometimes we don’t mean to. A comment in passing, nothing really meant by it, can take hold in a child.) In thinking …
(I found that awesome photo when I was looking for a stock photo of children’s hands – it’s credited to Huffington Post) Hate is taught. I’m not saying hate hasn’t always been around, but I am saying we teach it to those around us, to our children. Sometimes we don’t mean to. A comment in …
I bet Baphomet Elementary and Anton LaVey High will have the best science fairs. Oooh, and the demon mascots, the Fightin’ Imps, will look amazing! Think very carefully about what you’re supporting when you decide you want government money to be taken from public schools and given to private (for profit) organizations and churches. You …
I will never forget November 1989 and the joy of seeing the Berlin Wall come down in a Germany that, outside of history books, had always been two countries in my lifetime. Since 1961, when the wall went up overnight with no warning, families had been divided. You were on the side you were on …