What is soul searching if not source checking an idea, belief or self-image.  If we must source check ourselves to attain betterment, certainly everything else needs at least a look.  I'm a research junkie. I research almost everything. I have always been that way. The first thing I ever researched online was Louis Farrakhan. I don't … Continue reading Whether Soul Searching or Source Checking – Truth Is Always Sought Before It’s Revealed

There is a reason white evangelicals support Trump and hold all moral code shredded by him as forgiven.  It is for one reason only. The preservation of nationalism and supremacist hierarchical norms. This is not a theory. It is a culture and a structure - a mission and a mechanism - an organization and an agenda - an … Continue reading White Evangelism Is White Supremacy – A Long Standing Plan That Finally Met Opportunity

This Weekend Is Very Special To Me. It is about very special people who have added extraordinary and lasting enrichment to my life.  This weekend, #BlackWomenAreDivine, celebrates these remarkable people who have so enriched my life - so enriched this country - so enriched the world. The hardest thing about this is a love letter telling … Continue reading Yes,#BlackWomenAreDivine

I am occasionally asked by other white people where to get trustworthy information about racism in America. What is often omitted but implied, is validation for the Black experience as focused on claims of injustice. I have been asked where it is that I get my information about racism in America and why it is … Continue reading American Dissonance & White Cognition

It’s been an uphill battle for a long time now - hard to step through all the obstacles real or perceived. Sometimes I ask myself that question. Is what I see, think or feel real or perceived? And the answer always remains the same. Is there a difference? Until this moment, I’ve been able to … Continue reading A Dogs Last Day

Defending The 2nd Amendment is not defending the US Constitution. That is a misuse of language. Defending the US Constitution is to defend the right of the argument. The argument for and the argument against – yes, even the argument about what it is the 2nd Amendment means and is. But more than the 2nd … Continue reading The 2nd Amendment & Preserving The Constitution

One of the most important aspects of "taking a knee" is both the high profile visibility of a national stage, and the disagreement about “what’s appropriate where.”  The argument that ensues on this subject takes place between people in a manner that reveals their values and their awareness. Values have a tendency to change based … Continue reading Taking A Knee – What The Argument Alone Reveals.