Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 16 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
Several weeks ago, you are probably aware that Sen. Barack Obama gave a speech following the uproar about comments made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I didn’t catch it the day he gave it, but had a look later, and found myself thinking what an important speech it was. The issue of race and racism in [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice, Spirituality on 7 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been reflecting on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I had to give the invocation at our annual “Slide Rule Dinner Dance”, and chose to begin with a couple of excerpts from Dr. King’s speeches. Many of them still have great relevance today, and the one that struck [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice, Techie Stuff on 21 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
In honor of our remembrance of MLK’s birthday, and as a reminder of the work that still lies ahead, I’ve added a new feature to this blog. If you scroll down, you’ll see on the side bar a link to videos that I recommend. My first pick is of the entire “I have a dream” [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 19 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
A friend of mine is the editor of the journal “Technology and Culture,” and he found the following in Atlantic Monthly:
Now that the stereotype of the poverty-stricken terrorist has been dispelled by studies showing that militancy and high levels of education go hand in hand, a new Oxford study tries to explain why so many [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 24 July 2007 | 7 Comments »
The past several weeks have been a time of introspection for many of us living in the metro Detroit area as we attempt to assess how far we have come since those frightening days in July, 1967. I personally had very little knowledge of what happened at the time, being only 9 years old and [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice, Spirituality on 13 February 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m picking up on Kari’s reply to my February 7 post, She mentions the Gospel story of Jesus’ encounter with the Canaanite woman, or Syro-Phoenician, depending on which Gospel you are reading. I’ve been thinking about it, that even though it ends well with Jesus praising her great faith and healing her daughter, it bothers [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice, Random thoughts on 7 February 2007 | 7 Comments »
Hmmm…no comments from anyone at all in the past week…what shall I make of that? I’m thinking it doesn’t make sense for me to continue the anti-racism thread if it’s only going to be a monologue.
So I’m asking myself, what is it I could share on this blog that would get more conversation going? Well, [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 4 February 2007 | No Comments »
The trial of this black physician and members of his family in 1925 Detroit is the subject of the book by Kevin Boyle that I mentioned in my last post. It is also the subject of the play I mentioned, which I did get to see last night.
I haven’t read Kevin’s book yet, but judging [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 2 February 2007 | No Comments »
This is the title of the third installment of the video series, “RACE - The power of an Illusion”. Allow me to include here a brief excerpt from the press release for this series:
Today, the net worth of the average black family is about 1/8 [...]
Posted in Anti-racism, Justice on 31 January 2007 | 2 Comments »
When I went to the final session of our anti-racism film and discussion series last night, I discovered that one of the organizers had listed this blog as a resource for further conversation and dialogue among those who participated. I’m not sure that’s what I had in mind, as I didn’t expect this to be [...]
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