Jonathan Capehart, an editorial writer for the Washington Post, had an article yesterday entitled “The Race Dialogue We Won’t Have”. A worthy read. Then today’s editorial page has longtime Post editor Colbert King’s great piece “The Black Man at the Door”.
The title of the first article signifies the problem with thes entire situation. The [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The Gates situation dialogue is failing
Posted in Essays & Inspirations, On Society, tagged African American, Black people, Colbert King, Henry Louis Gates, James Crowley, Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and what’s really wrong with this picture
Posted in Essays & Inspirations, On Society, tagged Cambridge Massachusetts, Dee Brown, Harvard University, Henry Louis Gates, Racial profiling on July 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
When I read about Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. getting arrested at his home in Cambridge, MA, I cringed. As the story unfolded, it became clear to me how easily this can happen. Simply misunderstandings, a cop doing his job, and racial profiling all worked together produced yet another incident that we all could, [...]
Hats off to Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins…
Posted in Essays & Inspirations, On Society, tagged Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Wright Brothers on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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…and to the many others who risked their lives to explore space and to make those three the first to reach and, in the case of Armstrong and Aldrin, step foot on the moon.
It seems so detached from the happenings in our lives today. We haven’t had anyone back their [...]
Figuring out Connor
Posted in Fatherhood, tagged Family Resources, Special needs on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s often hard to write about a child that has “special needs”, especially when it is rally hard to nail down just what exactly those needs are.
Connor failed seventh grade. He can’t retain anything. He has difficulty adding single digits. His handwriting is that of a six year oldl. His greatest interests seem to be [...]
