Holding the Opposition
Writer James Baldwin turned nineteen on the day of his father’s funeral (August 3, 1943). A “race riot” had broken out in Harlem that day, so the mourners “drove my…
Category: Racism
Humanism and Race
I read Dr. Anthony Pinn‘s book, When Colorblindness isn’t the Answer and just beginning to read his book, Writing God’s Obituary. Professor at Rice University in Houston, TX, Pinn is…
A Couple Questions
As someone recently posted, I support protesters (generally) who do not commit crimes* and I support police (generally) who do not commit crimes. Just watched a video of police in…
Muir and White Supremacy
I wrote this essay in response to recent interpretations of John Muir as a racist. This is not a defense of the indefensible but a more wholistic view of the…
John Muir a Racist?
I’m in total support of each one of us honestly facing our own history, and telling the full, true stories of our historical figures, even heroes. Maybe especially our heroes.…
The Other America
Powerful and timely speech on non-violence by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967). Worth watching, listening and learning. . .that means us, White Folks. And, in honor of George Floyd and…
