The Art of Circumvention

As children, we are masters at the art—or at least the attempt of—circumvention. Simply put, kids are in the business of getting what they want. Parents in the business of running block against some of those (often ill-planned) things that children want. Enter the Art of Circumvention. The child will either bypass the more “difficult”…

Justification: Part II

Yesterday, you may recall that we discussed how all races have at one time been victims of oppression. The pages of history are positively bursting of sad examples to this end. Using Michael Eric Dyson’s explanation, since a person cannot be racist if that person is part of “the oppressed” . . . then by…