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The Bully and the Hero

The hero who we honor on this day gave his life putting a hand out, not a fist.

Perception, Reality and Marching

On this day we remember, recognize and celebrate the anniversary of one of the key moments of beginning of the end of “American Apartheid”

Far beyond the Stars

Seeing somebody that looks like you IS important.

Russell Rules: To NEVER “shut up and dribble”

A man that understood that at the time he was in the American spotlight he had a responsibility beyond just dribbling a ball.

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”