FOR SUCKLINGS N0T FOR OOGLINGS
Two recent and one not-so-recent photos of three young women that I know and love have surfaced on social media, leaving me a bit shocked and bewildered due to their physical exposure and the fact that the photos are available for the world to see. Am I being foolish and old-fashioned? In 2023, it seems…
Celebrating Freedom or Observing Juneteenth?
Make no mistake about it, my people can easily be roped in by the old “okie-doke” when it comes to gifts from the Massa. So, what do I mean? In 2021, the US government proclaimed the Juneteenth day of commemoration to be a national holiday. The false merchants immediately perked up their ears, for to…
HELP SAVE THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE!
There was a time pre-cell phone, pre-FaceBook, pre-Zoom, Snap Chat and Twitter when people actually communicated by writing letters. Well, actually, it was even pre-telephone for most folk, especially in my family and those around me in the small southern town where I grew up. Letter writing. What a concept. Some portion of Sunday afternoons…
YOU GOT THAT ALL WRONG
ON RACIST STATUES AND MONUMENTS George Floyd’s death should not promote knee-jerk decisions to erase history. The cleverest detective is appreciative of clues left to solve a case. Without clues, the truth often gets hindered from examination or mistaken for another truth, and so the case goes unresolved and the victim’s complaint is never addressed.…
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