The American Mind.
The American Mind readily invokes God as a sedative, but only when visited by national disaster. Otherwise, it claims diplomatic immunity from what God suggests and morality requires.
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Don’t Blame the Lettuce, and Other Wisdom for Unsettled Times.
It is a contentious and unsettled time here in America. Our country remains divided, and emotions are running strong. Therefore it is especially important to take a deep breath and intentionally navigate our way through whatever is to come. Although it may be hard to see, from a ...
On Repeat: Love Trumps Hate.
I never heard a racial slur in my house growing up, and I know that if I am ever blessed with children, they will never hear any slurs.
What Many White People Do Not Understand About Equality.
When we talk about equality in this country, my experience has been that many white people want to focus on how far we have come, to what could be, in an almost altruistic way that omits the icky part in the middle -- white privilege.
Sharing Shakti: Empowerment Can Surely Save the World.
Just as keeping silent when someone else is being wronged fundamentally supports the perpetrator, staying silent while your own freedoms are being slowly eroded and infringed upon makes you party to your own ruin.
Building Beloved Community.
North Carolina’s struggle with #HB2 is merely one of many examples that hampers our ability to build a beloved community rooted in a humane morality.
Stand Up, Sister, and Dare to Look Truth in the Eye.
Others can either understand, come around to understanding in time, or choose to not understand. That’s not our weight to bear.
Separation Consciousness: the Disease We All Have.
Once you've identified this place of separation, begin to think about the mindset you have around this idea. For me, I am guilty of assuming that any mistreatment I experience in a store, for example, is due to my race, as opposed to an employee having a bad day or another reason completely ...
Defend the Sacred.
Indeed, 'Defend the Sacred' has become a popular theme of the water protectors’ movement. The water protectors are telling the 1% by putting their bodies on the line that business as usual will no longer be accepted, that they can no longer mess with what they should not.
And Yet, I Am an American: Witness to the Self-Seducing Psyche of Democracy.
Seldom does its lament of Black loss achieve the moral pitch as when innocent police officers are slain in retaliation. These retaliations are wrong, yet reveals America’s regard for democracy in principle though its practice violates the volition it claims to venerate.