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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Sex and the City: Idolizing Four Sluts

I guess I should say right off the top that I didn't actually see the movie.  But even if I wanted to, I couldn't have because all three shows were sold out last night.  My husband and I went to see Iron Man with Robert Downey, Jr., Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges.  (If you want to read my review of THAT movie, go to:  http://www.boomerworld.blogspot.com) 

I was never a fan of the HBO Series.  I may have seen an episode or two but it didn't appeal to me.  Maybe it was because I couldn't identify with the characters and what they were all about.  Maybe if they had decided to cast a black female character, I would've tuned in to check it out.  It's my understanding there was never a black face on the show at all.

Anyway, as my husband and I were leaving our movie, we saw a line out the door for the next showing of Sex and The City.  There were young girls standing anxiously to get inside the theater.  (Yes, there were actually two young men in the line as well).  What was surprising to me was the way they were dressed.  Many of them wore sexy and revealing outfits with spiked heels.  I thought that was rather odd but then I overheard a white woman, about my age, walking in front of us commenting to her husband on the attire.  She thought it was crazy that those young girls were so into the characters that they chose to dress like them.  She said, "How sad that they would want to idolize four sluts."

I think I have to agree with that.