As I have come to see the depth and breadth of racism in our society, I have often found myself reaching for analogies which help me to understand how to break the tenacious grip by which racism holds us in bondage. Continue reading “Whispering About Racism”
A “Converted” Racist?
Recently, I saw an editorial in the Boston Globe (September 21, 1986), in which there was comment on a suggestion which Andrew Young evidently made about choosing a new United States Ambassador to South Africa. The editorial says, “A converted racist would be the ideal person to deal with the bigots in Pretoria.” Continue reading “A “Converted” Racist?”
Oh!…Incidentally
“Oh! Incidentally …” You’ve heard that or said something like it many times. You may have been talking with someone and the conversation suddenly called to your mind another concern about which you had forgotten. You mention it, while you are thinking of it … “Oh, incidentally … that reminds me … I just remembered …” Continue reading “Oh!…Incidentally”
Let’s Eliminate “Minorities”
When I publish my dictionary, I will leave out the word “minorities.” That will not be a popular thing to do, Continue reading “Let’s Eliminate “Minorities””
On Being Color Blind in 1980
I felt as if I had stepped into a time machine and been thrust backward at least twenty years! It was early morning, in late July 1980, and I was walking across the Boston public gardens when a black woman friend greeted me, and pushed a local paper into my hands. “How do you respond to this?” Continue reading “On Being Color Blind in 1980”