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Nothing to see here

The saddest part is just how so blasé we’ve become to it: 10 people dead. An admitted racist who livestreamed his heinous act because he feared for his Christian Whiteness. And it’s no longer a lead story. The regularity of White people killing with weapons of war has become numbing: CharlestonOrlandoPittsburghEl PasoAtlantaOxford, Michiganand now BuffaloContinue reading “Nothing to see here”

Beyond the Mountain Top

Learn a little more about a man who even when he had every right to be disappointed with humanity still believed there was a chance to do better

Outside Looking In

You decided that if home runs were what would bring the fans attention back to you, then that’s what you would do:
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

35 words

I want to focus on some words you might be hearing today. 35 words that have become an integral part of this weekend of celebration, remembrance, and rededication to the movement that helped reduce (not end, but reduce) apartheid in America. 35 words that have become the defensive shield for far too many White peopleContinue reading “35 words”

Justice–For Now

There was justice today—but George Floyd is still dead—and there’s a good chance the coward who killed him will serve less than 20 years for killing him (and will likely get a big Fox News send off before he starts serving his sentence).

April 4, 1968

Over the last week, I’ve seen how far we have come—and how much work still needs to be done. On March 25th, King County Metro Transit unveiled work done by 3 Metro employees of their interpretations of “Black Lives Matter” (full disclosure: I’m both a King County and Metro Transit employee) I’ve been around forContinue reading “April 4, 1968”

Thank you, Mr. Limbaugh

In the midst of snow, freezing temperatures, and obscene profits in energy markets, a person of some note passed away last week. For some of the 74 million people who voted for the former occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., this person was their John the Baptist. This person was, if you can forgive me forContinue reading “Thank you, Mr. Limbaugh”

The Work To Make the Change Continues

“Oh, there been times that I thoughtI couldn’t last for longBut now I think I’m able, to carry on” Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” Today we celebrate changes made by men and women two generations ago to end the overt era of American Apartheid. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is deservedlyContinue reading “The Work To Make the Change Continues”

White America, Fear, and Insurrection

A Civil War the President wanted

Loss and 2020

Sunset on a plagued year