Sunday, July 29, 2007

Key to the Highway

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I'm mid-trip, loaded up, and ready to head for the high country at the crack of dawn. Since I'm on someone else's vastly unfam...
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Friday, July 27, 2007

It's In There!

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On a fairly regular basis, I'm asked - in or out of the classroom - what I have come to call "the question." "I know ,...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Passin' It On and Seeing the Similarities

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The more I read blogs from around the world, the more I see the connections and analogies between the way African-Americans are perceived an...
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Saturday, July 14, 2007

I'mahna Move Up To The Country, Baby

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I'mahna paint my mailbox blue. Me and Taj gonna kick it on my porch with tall frosty glasses of sweet tea with mint. I'll wear my wh...
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Friday, July 13, 2007

The Uncivil War

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One of the excellent ways the internet is serving humanity is to make what really happened in history much more likely to reach an ever-wide...
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Thursday, July 12, 2007

Passin' It On About "Whiteness"

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Yesterday, I emailed someone at the new school at which I'll be teaching starting next month. My contract is for only one year, with the...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

War Is Hell

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This post began as a comment on one of dna's posts over at Too Sense . The issue under discussion was the shooting of 7-year-old Tajahni...
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Monday, July 09, 2007

I Eight It!

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TheFreeSlave has spoken and, being as he's got it like that, I respond accordingly with eight random facts about myself or habits (ahem...
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Sunday, July 08, 2007

Passin' It On

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While we're thinking about the courts and criminal justice (just-us?) in the good ole U.S. of A., I want to offer a few links to things ...
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Free the Jena Six!

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Read any or all of the following: this , this , this , this and this . Watch this . And then DO something! To Mychal Bell, Robert Bailey Jr...
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The Hate Artist

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Recently, I wrote that I am caused increasingly to recognize how bound we are to the struggles of people within and outside of our immediat...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Democracy or Despotism?

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The sun is down. The fireworks are making much noise. But many of us are thinking tonight of what it would take for us to feel like celebrat...
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Monday, July 02, 2007

Happy birthday, Thurgood Marshall!

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On this date in 1908, Thurgood Marshall, the descendant of slaves, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He eventually became, as most of us must...
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Sunday, July 01, 2007

Don't Quit

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Yesterday, I got caught in a downpour. Instead of fighting it, I surrendered to the rain, standing with my face to the sky while rivulets ra...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

The Color of Change

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"We, the undersigned, vow to step up in the aftermath of Katrina, to ensure that no one is left behind again. We commit to doing our pa...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Yes, I'll Have No Bananas!

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Several years ago, I came across this upbeat, clever little use of film that suggests we are all One. Certainly a lofty concept, huh? And o...
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Sunday, June 24, 2007

I Can Say Love

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When I first saw this video, I was moved to my heart. "Love will overcome"? "Evil will fail"? I don't just hope so....
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Saturday, June 23, 2007

It's Saturday! Time To Exhale!

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Thanks to The Black Commentator for this cartoon. And kudos to dnA at Too Sense for posting this hilarious video on how we might regulat...
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Friday, June 22, 2007

Passin' It On

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One of the truly wonderful things about spending serious time visiting my neighbors in the blogospshere is coming across extraordinary posts...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

The 14th Erase Racism Blog Carnival is up!

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White Anti-Racist Parent is hosting the 14th Erase Racism Blog Carnival and, to whet your appetite, this brilliant cartoon by Barry Deutsc...
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