“Technically, legally speaking, yes, Trayvon was a child. But most of us don’t think of a five-foot-eleven seventeen-year-old, especially one who clearly punched Zimmerman squarely in the face as a child. Floridians don’t–they send kids younger than that to prison for life without parole sentences in record numbers. Either way, the issue was a distraction,Continue reading “Black Boys:The Height Challenge”
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This Unholy Sorority of Misery
“Each of Sylvia Maier’s] portraits is rendered against the outline of an American coin, the words “In God We Trust” and “Liberty” etched alongside the name of the child unlawfully killed. The juxtaposition of the nation’s identifiable ideals and the lived reality of discrimination and suffering so many Americans are forced to face is haunting.”Continue reading “This Unholy Sorority of Misery”
Jillian Kaye’s Art
I grabbed Jillian Kaye’s illustration from her website, http://jilliankayeart.com/illustrations/, showing a pen and ink drawing of Leslie Odom, Jr. as Aaron Burr in the Hamilton musical. My print arrived yesterday in a beautiful hand lettered envelop that added an unexpected pleasure to purchasing “Wait For It.”
Don’t Dance with Your Jailer
“Could Obama, with that first-class intellect to go with a first-class temperament, with that pitch-perfect sense of humor, have been a better schmoozer and deal maker? Certainly. He was never very good at hiding his condescension for Republican leaders. But that party was united in a single goal — to defeat him at every turn.”Continue reading “Don’t Dance with Your Jailer”
To Look Like Trayvon in Amsterdam
One mother reflects on love, race, and home: http://www.matermea.com/blog/black-moms-abroad-racism-abroad Marly Pierre-Louis with her son Sekani. (Photos Credit: Pierre-Louis)
A True Boss: Bob Ross
“White supremacist white people are crazy.” bell hooks, The New York Times, December 10, 2015
Freestyling on the O’Hanlon Mural
As a matter of “principle,” Wendell Berry removed his personal papers from the University of Kentucky archives in 2009. In doing so, Berry acted in solidarity with activists seeking to eliminate the University’s ties to the coal industry. Today, Wendell Berry, environmentalist, and good steward that he is, had this to say about theContinue reading “Freestyling on the O’Hanlon Mural”
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Countdown to Creed
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