I’ll never fully understand it. Despite the robust, centuries-long (let’s be real, millennia-long) custom of slavery on every continent of this planet of all languages, cultures, skin colors, races, religions, and everything in between—somehow the United States and its comparatively short-lived and comparatively tiny* foray into slavery always ends up as the scapegoat. We alone…
There’s a Friends episode reference for everything. And to those unfamiliar with the best sitcom ever made, well–I don’t know what to tell you. There’s this episode where Rachel and Monica are playing a game of trivia (moderated by Ross) against Chandler and Joey. It starts out with a $100 wager, and ends with the…
I remember once in college I had the opportunity to witness a human dissection. Two, actually; they were happening side by side. My friend—she was pre-med and the reason I got to watch this whole thing—was working on the male cadaver, and was in the process of exploring his left arm. I’ll never forget how…
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…
A Future Free 