Here’s where I admit I’m accidentally racist, but I tone it down by creating a new word. I’ll also share the blame by noting that everyone – black, white, yellow, green – has racist tendencies. We can’t separate our lives from how we were raised, and when it comes to equality, we’re all, in […]
Read More →My 21-year-old daughter went to an Orlando party hosted by a work friend this summer, and the rebel flag was a hot topic, or as hot as a topic can get when multiple beers precede conversation. Many partiers, to my daughter’s dismay, made points that boiled down to black blame. Things are fine the way […]
Read More →This story originally appeared in The Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 Should Confederate monuments be destroyed? No – and yes – and that’s not really the question. The focus shouldn’t be on granite, iron or art. It should be on the people who view the monuments. In a convoluted way, many people’s […]
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