Get ready to hear this word a lot this year. Forget the dictionary definition—it’s been twisted, much like “woke,” into a coded dog whistle, a stand-in for white people to use because they can say…
Meritocracy
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Kansas City (Kamala Harris)
What I went through last night watching the Chiefs game is a microcosm of exactly what I’ll be going through tonight watching the election returns. I use sports metaphors a lot, attribute it to my…
Open Letter to Black Men
Less than 12%. That is the total number of Black people who voted for Trump in 2020. Black men make up 4% of the total electorate in the country. The immediate reaction to this will…
Grab Them by the P!
The same man that said those exact words is now telling you that he is going to do something things for you/to you, “whether you like it or not!” His MAGA(otts) shouted and cheered, the…
My 42-Year-Old
This is a story that I think only two people on this side of the ancestral plain know: it’s my story of abortion. In the spring of 1982, before I was 20, my first love,…
Signs in Signs
Last week we had to take a road trip (one of many to come) to Arkansas to pick up Michelle’s mom. She is starting to show the first signs of dementia at 86. In August…
11/22/63
I was fortunate enough to have a stay at home mom during my formative years, my mom talked to me like an adult so I was talking around 10-11 months old (some may say I…
This Is What Hypocrisy Looks Like
We will not stand for removal of statues of our great confederate heroes, changing the names of schools named after our historical Southern leaders, and lose our right to display and preserve our cultural heritage…
Good Trouble
This week the House (strictly along party lines) passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR 4). In essence, this legislation was introduced to counteract more than 30 new laws in 18 states, which…