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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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It must suck to be a middle aged white guy right now

Being a middle aged white guy must suck right now   By George Cook http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/  email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Now normally I ignore people that complain that they can't complain. That means I ignore most of the people on the right when they complain that they can't attack Obama without being called racist.  

 Just to get off topic for a second that can be avoided by not mentioning Barack Obama's race at all.  As an example saying that "......an inadequate man for president" is not racist but saying that "....an inadequate black man." raises the question to many African Americans of why the  fact that he is black matters. Either he can do the job or he can't.  

 Now back to the topic at hand.   I was listening to a talk show one day and  there were two middle aged white conservative guys talking about African Americans voting for Obama and why we do. If you must know  I listen to these type of segments to amuse myself. It's hilarious to hear what middle aged white male conservatives  think black people think.  I mean it gets even better when people call in and say things that start with "They" and then say that blacks are being divisive.  

Oops I got off track again Sorry.   What struck me is that during the course of the conversation one of the guys used the word boy. I thought nothing of it but the guy who said it suddenly back pedaled faster than a NFL corner back on Sunday and explained what he meant by boy.

He went out of his way to say that he wasn't using it in a racist way.   This guy was not being funny or sarcastic either. He was really worried that someone would take his words and twist them into something he didn't mean.  I actually felt for the guy. While I disagreed  with everything he was saying I do believe he has the right to say it. I felt at no time the guy was being racist at all.  

Has political correctness gotten out of hand where a guy who is already watching his words has to back track  because he used a word that could possibly be taken as racist.? For someone to take his statement as racist they would to have to drink a six pack and do a few rocks of crack.  

It dawned on me that is this current politically  correct climate we can't have a real discussion on race.   We all have to realize especially the race baiters  out there is that in order for us to have a real conversation on race everyone has to be able to voice their opinion. We don't have to agree with it or even like it.  But how is anyone going to understand where another person is coming from if they are not allowed to voice their thoughts ? 

We have to all come together and talk.

  And yes that includes middle aged conservative white guys.