Mirage
The year was 1978. I was in the cold clutches of a winter that would not end. We endured an intrepid record setting blizzard and up to two feet of snow on the ground that never seemed to melt, even … Continue reading Mirage
Tag: African American
The Progress of African Americans and Latinas/Latinos: What We Have Achieved…What Is Still Left to Conquer
To begin with, here are some mind-blowing statistics about African Americans and their achievements over the years. In 1940, 60% of African American women entered the workforce to work in white-collar positions. In 1958, almost 44% of Caucasian Americans considered … Continue reading The Progress of African Americans and Latinas/Latinos: What We Have Achieved…What Is Still Left to Conquer
“The Rosebush and the Root”
The Metaphor: So, I planted a rosebush next to my mailbox. I thought it would be a beautiful thing. I thought it would grow up and have pretty pink flowers and like so many of my neighbors’ mailbox flora would … Continue reading “The Rosebush and the Root”
Broken Toys In The Attic, and Forever Battles of Yesterday’s War.
In the words of the former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, ‘We Cannot Be Afraid Of The Truth.’ His words were from a 2017 speech decrying monuments that glorified the confederacy – relics of a fractured nation, (The Broken … Continue reading Broken Toys In The Attic, and Forever Battles of Yesterday’s War.
The Only One In The Room
Growing up in Worthington, Ohio, from the second grade until my 1980 graduation, I often found myself the only one in the room. You may ask what do you mean; were there no other children in the room? As an Island of … Continue reading The Only One In The Room
The “Glory and Honor of the Nations”: Revelation 21:26 and the “Coloring of America”
According to the Apostle Paul in the book of Acts, God sovereignly shapes the demographic and ethnic composition of nations so that people “should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him” (Acts 17: 26-27). In … Continue reading The “Glory and Honor of the Nations”: Revelation 21:26 and the “Coloring of America”
Colors: I Know A Change Is Gonna Come.
Otis Redding sang: “It’s been a long, long time coming But I know, but I know a change is gonna come.” The bursting of fall color symbolizes past times’ forward thrust toward racial equity albeit Reconstruction, the rising of Tulsa’s … Continue reading Colors: I Know A Change Is Gonna Come.
Three-Fifths 