Wray’s Senate Testimony!!
I watched Wray testify today. I watch Republicans like Grassley and Hawley do everything in their power to obfuscate who the terrorist really were. The terrorist in Washington on January 6th were there to advance the cause of white Supremacy. The evidence is captured on tape for anyone to see. What’s happening in Georgia and […]
30 Minutes
If I could have 24 hours to spend talking with people from Americas past two of those people would be Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin. These two men were responsible for developing vaccines that literally eradicated the threat of polio in the United States and around the world. Their work made the threat of childhood […]
The End of Black History Month
There is no such thing as American exceptionalism. Yes I said it. It’s a lie. Over 70 million Americans took a bite out of the Trump Apple. Yesterday the anti-christ spent more than an hour on stage preaching grievance because his plan to usurp the government failed. Four years of being fed a ceaseless diet […]
The Myth of American Exceptionalism
There is no such thing as American exceptionalism. Yes I said it. It’s a lie. Over 70 million Americans took a bite out of the Trump Apple. Yesterday the anti-christ spent more than an hour on stage preaching grievance because his plan to usurp the government failed. Four years of being fed a ceaseless diet […]
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Black History Month The voting rights act of 1965 was suppose to prevent obstacles to black people voting. In 2013 the Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision held that section 4b was unconstitutional because the data that supported it was over 40 years old. Since 2013 we have seen an all out assault […]
Black History!!
Black History Month I’m recuperating and I clearly have too much time to think. How can we have a discussion about black history without discussing the 14th amendment? The 14th amendment came after the end of the Civil War. It represented a fundamental recognition that the Constitution was incomplete in providing for the citizenship of […]
Happy Valentines Day America!
I’ve spent the last twelve hours trying to figure out what happened yesterday means to me. I’m not disappointed, I’m resigned. I’m resigned that we have some very difficult days in front of us. I don’t know what it will take for America to find its way into the light, I do know that it […]
HUMPTY DUMPTY, AN AMERICAN METAPHOR!
Who Would Have Thought?? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.All the king’s horses and all the king’s menCouldn’t put Humpty together again. That a children’s nursery rhyme would be the story of America post January 6th 2021. Today marks the beginning of the third day of impeachment hearings. The king’s […]
Reading Is Fundamental!!
I am a voracious reader. I love books. There’s a reason that slaves were kept illiterate. There’s a reason that public education for black, brown, red, and yellow children as been eroding for almost 60 years. If you can devalue and dehumanize a group of people oppressing them becomes easier. Once that devaluing and dehumanizing […]
The Real Work Is In Front of US!!
You can not change what you refuse to acknowledge. Less than 24 hours since the new President and Vice President took their oath of office. It’s 5:00 am in the morning and I’m haunted with the question of how do we really make America turn away from her ugly past. I’m thinking about the appointments […]