Is Disenfranchisement of Marginalized Communities of Color the Rule, Even if Never Spoken Out Loud?

While making a business call, I reached the so-called self adulated gatekeeper, the customer service representative (operator). After posing my question in my proudly Midwestern dialect, they might have picked up something in my voice that convinced them they are speaking to an African American. They shot back in a rather loud and somewhat rude … Continue reading

Daisys of Delusion, One Petal at a Time

On September 7, 1964, a political television advertisement entitled Peace, Little Girl (a.k.a. Daisy) was released. It was an extraordinarily controversial yet sobering commercial. The Black and white video showed a little white girl picking daisy petals from its flower while counting. Toward the end of the girl’s counting, the sound of an official countdown is softly … Continue reading

Dust in the Wind

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” — Ernest Hemingway In last week’s Post a group was identified as the Unlikely-hoods. Through this planets brief history. celestially speaking, a small group of things have had the privilege of being called humans (1 in 400 quadrillion); … Continue reading