Three weeks ago I hurt my back. It has been hard to walk, to sit, to write. I stumbled around and stopped writing, and when I finally picked up my pen again, I wrote this: There are many types of offerings in the world’s religions. Some people leave cups of grain or lentils, made into …
Oh no, another sports team mascot debate. I feel exhausted already. However, if we consider this article as a sociological artifact and do a little linguistic analysis, it gets interesting. Painful, but interesting…a field study on the side effects of political correctedness. Ready? Let’s see what we can find. 1) The article argues that the …
I had the honor of sharing coffee and conversation today with my dear friend Rev. Melissa Bennett and new friend Dr. Dapo Sobomehin. We talked for a long time. We talked about isolation and the lack of accountability, how white and brown and black people are afraid of one another, how white people think and act …
…so why can’t I borrow yours? Yours is so cool. I’m so fascinated. I’ll give it back. I promise. Half-awake this morning I had a dream that I was speaking to a large group of women of various ages, sizes and colors. I talked about culture, identity and history. I had a U.S. History textbook …
Last week officials at Tucson Unified School District walked into classrooms and took books away from the students. The reason? Books which promote “resentment toward a race or class of people” are not permitted. While comparisons are being made to Nazi Germany, I am thinking instead about the books they didn’t take. The ones that evidently …