Regarding the State of My Country
You kind of have to laugh to keep from crying. Sometimes my heart just breaks as I watch the lengths the powers of this world are willing...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Sep 26, 2017
- 3 min
This Is Today’s Test
I really hate that we’re even having this conversation because it’s so damn stupid, but no one is disrespecting the flag. That’s just a...
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
Sadly, Being Nice Rarely Changes Things
While I’m usually pretty nice and well behaved here on my blog, it has happened a time or two in real life and on social media that I...
- Aug 14, 2017
- 4 min
Let’s Be Real, My White Peeps . . .
I could write books of examples of how my husband’s skin tone and nose have affected our lives. The time he almost died from incompetent...
- Jan 15, 2017
- 2 min
This Makes No Sense to Me
There is this bizarre phenomena that I run into now and again where someone will respond to criticism of modern racism by pointing out...
- Dec 21, 2016
- 7 min
All People Are Real
I’ve mentioned a couple of times now that I have a dissociative disorder. A derealization disorder, in fact. Which means that when my...
- Dec 18, 2016
- 3 min
Treating the Least Poorly Will Come Back to Bite You
The treatment which we as a society will allow the least to be subjected to will eventually become the kind of treatment we allow anyone...
- Dec 17, 2016
- 6 min
That Time A Racist Killed My Husband’s Career
Well, maybe not killed, but definitely maimed. So what happened is once upon a time, a little over a decade ago, my husband had landed...
- Dec 14, 2016
- 2 min
If God Wanted Trump In Office . . .
If you are one of those people going around claiming that Trump is God’s choice to run the country, you need to be crystal clear about...
- Dec 12, 2016
- 1 min
Just Define the Racism Away . . .
This morning on facebook, I commented on a post saying that we have not made nearly as much progress combating racism as we like to give...
- Dec 9, 2016
- 2 min
The Fragility of Our Dominant Culture
True story: someone I’m connected with on facebook just posted an article claiming that “radical leftists” were guilty of shutting down...
- Sep 6, 2014
- 4 min
Enough Bigotry to Go Around?
Hey y’all! I just finished my fancy pants appearance on Moody Radio’s Up For Debate. (That I told you about yesterday which you would...
- Sep 5, 2014
- 2 min
Bring the Smelling Salts and Set Your Alarm Clocks!
Up For Debate with Julie Roys on Moody Radio. And I think she might be slightly incompetent. I mean, I’m no expert in these things and I...
- May 23, 2014
- 6 min
Why the White Dude Crossed the Tracks
Back when I did prison ministry, we used to have this crazy old white dude who would come in to talk with the boys. He had a ministry...
- May 21, 2014
- 7 min
I See Rich People. They Talk to Me. . .
The mouse on my computer broke. So now I’m back to writing on my kindle. Which is a marvelous bit of technology, but it has all sorts of...
- Apr 24, 2014
- 4 min
All About Pain: The Toughness Fallacy
I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but it’s cold, rainy and windy here by me so I’ll use that as my excuse for being a...
- Apr 8, 2014
- 5 min
Black and White Drug Dealers in America
Late last Saturday night, my husband and some friends were driving home when there was an accident a ways ahead of them. A piece of...
- Mar 26, 2014
- 4 min
Colonizing Cities for White American Jesus
No one likes to think of themselves as racist or prejudiced. Even the KKK denies being a racist organization. Which for some people just...
- Dec 9, 2013
- 6 min
The Least Have the Answers
Back when I was pregnant with my oldest son, I wound up without a place to live. The counselor at the crisis pregnancy center which was...
- Feb 6, 2013
- 8 min
Stuff I Appreciate About Black Folks
Hey – want to watch me stick a fork in an electric outlet? ‘Cuz that’s pretty much the same thing as being a white person who talks about...
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