Consider This I’ve read about people boycotting the NFL because the players were kneeling for the anthem, and other such drama still surrounding these anthem protests. So, somehow, this protest on the field has spurred a protest of its own. I’m so dang tired of hearing everybody be so quick to pick a fight beforeContinue reading “The Difference Between Symbolism and Patriotism: NFL, Protests, Racism, and Our Nation”
Tag Archives: Anti-racism
The Video that Set the World on Fire (George Floyd)
I was talking to an officer friend of mine the other day, and we were talking about the riots. I said I don’t condone it but I could understand the anger. Do you really believe they haven’t been gaslit at every turn? Every time, they are told how to feel about it, and how toContinue reading “The Video that Set the World on Fire (George Floyd)”
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So, What’s the Plan?
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” —Barack Obama So, what do we do? Do we want to do what we’ve always done; so we can get where we’ve always gotten? Or,Continue reading “So, What’s the Plan?”
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What’s in a Name…?
Racism isn’t all white hoods and riots. And it is, regrettably, still a thing. It can be micro-conflicts that people encounter every day. It can be what we do if we witness such micro-conflicts, and what we don’t do. It’s how we behave toward certain people. It’s how we treat people differently based on appearancesContinue reading “What’s in a Name…?”
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Real Talk, America.
“In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be anti-racist.” —Angela Davis, academic and political activist Real talk, America. We are truly in the midst of an epidemic. Racism is a disease. And it hides in un-examined hearts. My pastor doesn’t let us leave on Sundays before he’s asked usContinue reading “Real Talk, America.”
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Passages Against Racism
I’ve spent a lifetime being quiet. But I feel like I can’t do that any longer. Because there’s a time to be quiet, and there’s a time to get mad. I have a lifetime full of friends that are suffering right now, who are extremely uncomfortable at all of this, and I’m going to sayContinue reading “Passages Against Racism”
