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Eye Opening

Posted on 23 May 2010 (0)
 Liz Petry, author of "At Home Inside: A Daughter's Tribute to Ann Petry" 
    http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1134 and
"Can Anything Beat White? A Black Family's  Letters" www.lizpetry.com 
comments on her blog http://lizr128.wordpress.com/
Barbara Beckwith has done a brave and wonderful thing in writing What Was I Thinking?: Reflecting on Everyday Racism. I’ve long believed that no one in the United States is without racism. It’s impossible to live in this country and not harbor prejudice of some sort. I acknowledge a problem with white southerners. The accent makes my skin crawl, and I just assume that they won’t like me because I’m black. Rational? Of course not. But understandable since I was shot at in Virginia when I was sixteen by two good ol’ boys in a pickup truck with a battle flag flying from the antenna. [...]

People of Color – quotes 1830-2010

Posted on 23 March 2010 (0)

People of Color have spoken out against white privilege and racism for two centuries. It’s time for white people to listen and to act

In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination — and current incidents of discrimination — while less overt than in the past, are real and must be addressed. Not just with words, but with deeds. - Barack Obama, 2008 .Prejudice is a burden which confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible. – Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 2008 [...]

Howard Zinn – A Tribute

Posted on 07 February 2010 (0)

Howard Zinn − historian, activist, and a member of the National Writers Union and the Boston Chapter for almost 20 years  died on January 27, 2010. But his life and writing will inspire grassroots activists for many future generations. [...]

Clearing Out Her Stuff

Posted on 18 January 2010 (0)

Sarah Solomont feels stuck. She blames her house — it drives her crazy. “There’s too much stuff,” she says. “I can’t breathe.”
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Christmas Lists – or Not

Posted on 05 December 2009 (0)

“Here’s my list,” my husband says, thrusting a computer printout at me. “Where’s yours?”
“No lists,” I say firmly.
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