Breonna Taylor – Thoughts From A Short Round Black Man

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).

Seattle and “Touching the Elephant”

This summer—the last six months—have been a perfect example of the story of the blind men and the elephant—men without sight touching different parts of the massive creature and coming up with different conclusion of just what the animal was. In 2020, every person has been touching the elephant and coming up with different conclusionsContinue reading “Seattle and “Touching the Elephant””

Keep Your Eye on the Prize

BLM March in Seattle’s Central District

UNCOMFORTABLE FIRES

As I was watching the “Fire next Time” become reality, I stayed mostly quiet, because I’m now at a point in my life in which this has become a racial “Mobius Strip” I was getting ready for Kindergarten during the 1967 “Long Hot Summer,” which lead to a conclusion that our nation was heading towardContinue reading “UNCOMFORTABLE FIRES”

“I don’t want to be no accident”

36 years ago, Richard Pryor released “That N*****’s Crazy” a transcendent album. One routine, “N****** vs Police”, unfortunately still rings true: Cops really put a hurtin’ on yo ass—they really degrade you.. White folks don’t believe that s***, “Aw come on—those beatings—they were resisting arrest..I’m tired of this harassment of police officers. That’s because theContinue reading ““I don’t want to be no accident””