During a campaign rally in my state of Michigan, nearly four years ago today, candidate Donald J. Dumbass directed a question to black voters. Was he offering a platform packed with promises to right the wrongs of racial injustice?
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I recently found out that a dear old friend of mine has white supremacist beliefs. He read a book that supports Hitler’s belief in a master race (although couched in more “scientific” terms) and as a blue-eyed blonde, my friend apparently had no problem believing...
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It seems inevitable that in any mass movement, the baby eventually flies out with the bathwater. No one saw the George Floyd killing coming and the scale of the protests afterwards. Overnight everyone, corporate America especially, seemed to rush to show how woke they were....
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Inspired by a friend Moke The front page of our newspaper here in Hawaii says: “Lucky you live in Paradise.” It’s a cliché, I know. But I do feel lucky to live here. Autumn in Hawaii doesn’t drum up remembrances of autumn leaves though, and...
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Out for summer Out till fall We might not come Back at all ~School’s Out, Alice Cooper, 1972 School’s out for summer and school districts all over the US are making plans for the fall. Our family is making plans too, and we won’t be...
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“The only ones that are having the problems: Guess who? The African Americans,” Sanders said. “You know why? In my opinion, they were slaves. And because of that, they didn’t have to go out and earn any money, they didn’t have to do anything. Whoever...
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Can we finally purge the Confederate battle flag, statues, monuments and names from places of honor? If an individual wants to fly that flag on their car, their home or wave it in public, that’s their right. People have a First Amendment right to confirm...
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One moment in time, but it was more than a moment. It was much, much longer than just a moment.  The world has been around for millions of years and a mere 243 American years, is just minutes, seconds even, in comparison. But for the blacks...
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