Juneteenth It just so happens that, white child that I was, I grew up knowing about Juneteenth. I didn’t know the whole story about it, but I knew that it was a special day for black people. My dad was … Continue reading
Category Archives: racism
Racism! Not?
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This is a story about racism that turned out not to be racism. I’m sharing it because it stays with me and informs my current reluctance to accept that every unhappy story involving a black person is an example of … Continue reading
With Justice for Some
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Once upon a time, I made an effort to be a card-carrying Democrat. I joined my local legislative district group and attended meetings for a year or so. At the time, I was teaching non-verbal special education kids, so I … Continue reading
Demands Abound
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I recently heard someone compare the challenge of eradicating a virus such as smallpox to the challenge of eradicating an attitude such as racism. The first is sometimes doable; the other is not. So where does the near universal support … Continue reading
All Black Lives Matter
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It’s really hard for me to write about race. Of course I want to get to a point where race is just an interesting aspect of a person, a feature that might (or might not) indicate that their family culture … Continue reading
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