BEING WHITE TODAY — A Tremendous Book! Shelly Tochluk and Christine Saxman in BEING WHITE TODAY: A Roadmap for a Positive Antiracist Life have written an excellent “basics” book for a wide variety of white people who care about racism, as well as for others who aren’t “there” yet! (As…

Moving Towards Positive, Healthy, White Masculinity is a major part of my journey. It is lifelong, with multiple significant parts. Healing from my childhood and ancestral trauma is significant. Parts of my trauma can easily derail me. Late one night I was driven to the emergency room in intense pain…

MARSE: A Psychological Portrait Of The Southern Slavemaster And His Legacy Of White Supremacy — By: H.D. Kirkpatrick (Prometheus Books, 2022) This is an amazing book! It brings in a whole new layer (or way of explaining it) into understanding racism — especially for white people — and even more…

In 1822 the Denmark Vesey slave insurrection was planned in Charleston but was thwarted. Nearly three dozen people were executed. Erskine informed us that “thirty-five Blacks were hanged and more than forty sent to the Caribbean or to Africa.” (40) Historian Lacy K. Ford added that the Vesey insurrection revitalized…

When should I embrace feeling uncomfortable or otherwise out-of-sorts? I’m afraid. I’m feeling exhausted. I’m feeling pressured by others. I’m feeling angry. I feel like I don’t belong here. I feel too old (or too young). As a man, it feels uncomfortable being among so many others who aren’t men. …

Today had Meaning I can’t exactly Explain Was it a swizzle stick Or A Sparkler Shining in the (my) Darkness Twasn’t one thing — Exactly Twas — Feelings Generated — from a Spirit Expanding Being - Differences Celebrated Commonalities — Noted The Depths of the Mood The Depths of Much…

Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family’s Story of Home is an incredibly moving, powerful story that will move all besides die-hard supporters of Israel, who won’t listen to any message incongruent with their perspective. Fida Jiryis tells her story in a deeply personal way that brings…

I’m doing my best to Slow Down — in My Body — in My Mind — in basically all of me that matters. When I’m “racing” inside — my body tenses up and I have physical pain. …

Jeffrey Haas’s: The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How The FBI and The Chicago Police MURDERED A BLACK PANTHER (Updated Edition) — is most appropriate today in 2023! …