(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · You Can Make a Difference · It’s safe to say that white nationalist members and sympathizers prefer the racist 1915 film, “The Birth of a Nation” over the anti-racist 2018 blockbuster movie, “The BlackkKlansman.” In the early 1900’s the leading white nationalist organization of the day was the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK was organized after the Civil War in order to counter the 13th Amendment that abolished … [Read more...] about Do the Right Thing
Archives for March 2019
Memories in Motion
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Lessons Learned Make the Memoir · If you write anything, you’re likely to connect with and use your memories. On a daily basis we are reminded of yesterday. The radio is playing a song from our past. The TV or social media announces an anniversary of a special event. We remember from our life, not a history book. We see a faded photograph of us or our family. We look in the mirror and remember a younger … [Read more...] about Memories in Motion
EXAGGERATION Postcards
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Tall Tales from the Great Plains · #1 Are you old enough to remember road trip vacations down Route 66? How about the restroom breaks at service stations? I can still see the metal carousels advertising postcards for sale: 5 cents each, six for a quarter. One of my favorite cards was the Jackalope. #2 Fast forward to my collection of exaggeration postcards. The all-time best photographer-publisher … [Read more...] about EXAGGERATION Postcards
