To put it succinctly, I haven’t been posting lately because the government usurped my productive time. I’ve been fighting legal matters constantly for the last 30 years straight but the last five years has required more of my time and energy than usual. Now that I have the upper hand, I can squeeze out a … [Read more…]
I learned a lot about myself when writing To Pimp a Nation. The thought of exposing my views to others shaped and refined many of those very views. Cultivating my beliefs for public scrutiny wrangled in a lot of incomplete notions in my mind I felt strongly about; it put them in check. I realized … [Read more…]
How Magic Words Evade Discomfort but Tear America Apart. A very effective tool for hiding truths is the “Evasion Label,” a tool that immediately ends constructive dialogue and puts the person seeking understanding on the defensive. Words like “racist,” “Anti-Semite” and “sexist” pit societal norms against curiosity and inquisitiveness. Being that society is more … [Read more…]
The Electoral College debate is another political football used to divide our nation and preoccupy us while The Man (a name I use in To Pimp a Nation to designate America’s oppressive forces) continues to steal the fruits of our productivity. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted her support for abolishing the Electoral College and it confuses me … [Read more…]