Why am I so often right while you are so often wrong? That is the question, isn’t it. Kathryn Schulz did an excellent job of explaining why it’s so hard to be wrong in her book Being Wrong. I refer … Continue reading
Category Archives: racism
Addressing the Wealth Gap
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A good friend sent me the link to a NYT article about a woman in Georgia who will inherit a modest chunk of farmland which was once tended by slaves. Her prize is not a huge plantation, but she does … Continue reading
Why I Care About Jodi Shaw
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Here’s the thing about Jodi Shaw: she’s real; she’s right; and she can rap. Recently, I shared a link to her Library Rap with a few friends. They liked it, but mostly they just didn’t get why Jodi’s whiteness was … Continue reading
Contemplations #3 w/ Trigger Warning
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Masks: Off? On? Off? I took off my mask! We were at University Village to drop off a MacBook at the Apple Store. Yes, we wore it in the store, used their hand sanitizer, sat six feet away from our … Continue reading
Me and Meritocracy
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About the title: I’ve been reading the book Me and White Supremacy this week, so this title just came to mind. I still cringe whenever a speaker, much less a writer, puts herself first. Never begin with “me,” don’t ya … Continue reading
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