Category: Culture
Time to Deconstruct Systemic Racism?
It's time to end it. "But how?" you plead. "Because we are blind. No, not colorblind as we had hoped, but blind to our own prejudice... How can we rise above ... our tribal selves to reclaim our humanity and move forward together as one country?" Well, there are models... Let's be honest: The notion ...
Our Heart of Darkness
In honor of Black History Month, this is the first of a multi-part series on the struggle for racial equality in the U.S. I'm aware of the potential arrogance of writing about racial experience while occupying the throne of the U.S. racial pyramid (whiteness), however false it may be. I hope you will have forgiveness ...
Obama and Racism
Heart of Darkness III Warning: Not for the faint of heart. This post will likely offend some... please stop reading if you can't stand it. I'm not trying to be insulting, only honest. Because of our troubled history in this country with racist thinking in all its disguises (see my LAST POST about systemic racism), ...
We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us…
Radical Centrism Papers: It's War. No Less Pt 3 My last two posts HERE and HERE, about fighting against the breakdowns in our political dialogue and institutional crises in our country have drawn a lot of comment and criticism, especially on Facebook. I have decided to handle that in a "Reader Feedback blog" in my ...
What Does Morality Even Mean Anymore?
Radical Centrism Papers: 2Doesn’t it seem like our nation used to have a true moral compass? That the gathered mass of our people had a more common sense of purpose and destiny? The nation had fewer laws, but it brought individual values into political and business decisions — the quiet web of morals and manners ...
A Lesson in Citizenship and Politics
https://youtu.be/M7M4iB_d690 This is a worthy perspective from someone who has suffered greatly under the authoritarian regime of Vladmir Putin in Russia. Interviewing with Lawrence O'Donnell, Nadia Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot makes comparisons with Trump’s urges toward discrediting the media to what she experienced in Russia as Putin was taking the first steps in building his ...
Stories We Tell Ourselves
Okay, I’m not trying to be off-putting on my earliest posts, but the concepts of language and narrative that I explain here are central to so many of the posts that follow. So, please ignore or skim this brief detour through philosophy if you choose. I think there’s a peculiar discovery that underlies much of ...
MetaDada 'Pacolypse 