Racial oppression
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After unprecedented horror, world governments offered only an arid, already-populated sliver of land to the survivors?
Decisions made by leaders of the current Israeli government are causing suffering in Gaza, but a long history of atrocity precedes their choices.
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On ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars.’
I went to the jail last Sunday afternoon to host our weekly poetry class. A corrections officer escorted me to the fourth floor and then down a hallway toward the room that they let me use for classes. The officer and I had briefly chatted in the elevator, but after we reached the fourth floor,…
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On the National Portrait Gallery, Thomas Jefferson, and haunting.
Jefferson looks haunted, although not haunted enough …
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On money: Health care, police officers, and social services.
What could our world be like if we had therapists patrolling the streets?
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On white supremacist vegetables and watchful eyes.
There have always been watchful eyes on our farmers market — it’s down the street from the county jail.
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On the evolution of skin color.
Over thousands of years, our ancestors evolved. Epidermal melanin protects us from the sun. Seems reasonable. But contemporary racism throws a wrench in the discussion.
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On the celebration of Neanderthals.
Neanderthal were more like us than scientists once thought … but, in our current political atmosphere, I can’t feel comfortable celebrating them.
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On gerrymandering (a prequel).
The U.S. Senate was designed to subvert democracy and allow a political minority to perpetrate great evil. The system is still working.
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On smell (again!).
In our polluted world, animals can’t always find their own kind to mate with. Not that all species barriers are good.
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On race and our criminal justice system.
In our nation’s criminal justice system, we ignore most of who people are… and focus only on the parts of them we fear.
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