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Sep 9, 2016

"Where were you when..." A 9/11 Post

Every generation of Americans has an “I remember where I was when….” story. Each individual person’s memory is unique, but collectively, we all seem to remember the same event as a once in a lifetime memory maker. My parents’ generation has the assassination of JFK as their terror, and their parents remember Pearl Harbor. Mine has 9-11. I have a pretty bad memory. Things I remember I

Jan 30, 2016

Jan 3, 2016

Rude Awakening

From municipal buildings flying Confederate battle flags, to cops murdering young black men in cold blood, the resurgence of racism is open and unapologetic. We see it almost daily on the news as  violence and hate speech begets more of the same. I live in a predominantly black neighborhood and in my liberal white girl ignorance I thought I had an idea of what this exploding racism meant

Nov 22, 2015

The Facts; Lets End The Argument

While looking for source material on the subject, I came across this article from USA Today by Alan Gomez. It is such a well written piece I decided to post it here, it is far better then anything I could write and he says pretty much what I wanted to say.(USA Today, Alan Gomez, July 16, 2015) HOW VIOLENT ARE UNDOCUMENT IMMIGRANTS? MIAMI — The war over illegal immigration in this country is too