Charleston: Killing Prayer

Many of us are waking up to the news of a shooting in Charleston at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.  The shooter, a 21 year old man now identified as Dylann Roofer, actually attended the prayer service with his would- be victims before taking nine lives.  One woman who survived the shooting spree said that […]

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Hiding Whiteness: Rachel Dolezal changes the conversation on race

Her adopted brothers are speaking out about the many layers of lies that Rachel Dolezal applied in order to pass as ‘black.’  Their interview with ABC News suggests that the change was intentional and carefully thought out.  But, the real question of why she made this choice still remains unanswered. Her parents have confirmed that […]

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Rachel Dolezal: Faking race and the construction of identity

I am still thinking about the story of Ms. Rachel Dolezal, the now former NAACP president in Spokane, Washington as the details continue to unfold as well as our understanding of her choice to self- identify as an African American.  Her choice is confusing for some and angering for others due to the history of passing […]

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All

Many shapes and colors, with and without sight, open and closed, rolling and blinking, itching and red, crying and dry but they are all eyes.  We are all seeing the same things. Many forms and sizes, with and without pimples, hair or mucus inside them still they are all noses.  We are all breathing the […]

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Karen Fitzgibbons: A blast from the past

A recent Facebook posting by a fourth grade teacher in Texas or maybe I should say former teacher of Friendship Independent School District has set off a firestorm.  Karen Fitzbiggons has said more than a mouthful in response to yet another example of police misconduct.  This time it was in McKinney, Texas at a pool party. […]

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