This is response to an older black friend who snarled that racism is alive and well in the US. Here’s my response. ******************** I actually agree with you, racism, bigotry and hatred still permeate American society. Thing about it is, growing up in an ethnically mixed area where: A) people tended to self-segregate into ethnic … [Read more…]
There’s an old saw about every story having two sides. My wife — an ex journalist– scoffs at that idea and replies, “Two? You’re lucky if there’s only 16!” I tell you that because anytime someone claims to understand the ‘real motivations’ of something my bullshit detectors start flashing and sounding off.I have a term … [Read more…]
I have a serious problem with the abuse of the word ‘survivor.’ Well, more specifically people who have extremely limited experience with violence trying to ’empower victims’ by calling them survivors. See thing about being a survivor is there’s this little complication called death. As in, you die if you don’t get off your ass … [Read more…]