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The Word From G: The Confederate Flag Conundrum
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Friday, June 19, 2015. The Confederate Flag Conundrum. In the wake of this week’s shootings at Emmanuel AME Church. And then let me propose a solution. Let me start out by saying that as a kid…or at least a teenager…the Confederate flag was the symbol of a region. Yeah, sure, it was also the symbol of those people. So there’s that. And yet, today’s Germans do that all the time with their ancestors and the Nazi era flag. And now it’s time for a solution. The actual state flag would be perfectly fine.
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The Word From G: Mother, May I?
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Mother, May I? Last week I talked about Cosby, Consent, and Cricket. There was more I wanted to say on the issue of consent, but I really wanted to keep the piece down to about 600 words; so I decided to break my thoughts up into two pieces. This is the second piece. Let me begin with two oft-cited statistics, which may or may not have any solid basis in fact. The first is one that is very pertinent to the discussion of consent:. Now one from my 19 years of teaching:. It used to b...
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The Word From G: May 2014
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014. How to Be a Christian. Two years ago, my oldest daughter gave me Baratunde Thurston’s book How to Be Black. For my birthday. When I wrote about it back in 2012. I think there needs to be a book called How to Be Christian. The first time I remember running into this attitude was a good 35 years ago, as an undergrad, when a stranger, upon seeing the cross pin on my lapel, asked if I was a real. In the years since, I’ve heard of many media figures who won’t do certain thin...8221; I h...
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The Word From G: June 2014
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014. A Very Good Year. After going to a private school from Pre-K through 5. Grade, our youngest daughter is finishing her first year in public school this week. And I have to tell you that we’re all very pleased with her experience. In addition, even my eleven-year-old daughter was smart enough to say, “It’s not like their low scores are contagious. I’m a good student anyway. I’ll do just fine.” She also met people of many more different socio...I’ve met the teachers at her scho...
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The Word From G: The Two Words this Music History Student Never Wants to Hear Again
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The Two Words this Music History Student Never Wants to Hear Again. As a former Music History student, I learned a lot about…well…music history. And music history is in many ways an easy way to follow history in general. One of the most important things I learned in all my music history classes was also one of the most obvious ones, and that is that everyone borrows from and is influenced by everyone. Music, and greatly influences its style. Oh, and he also wrote a Turkish. It was...
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The Word From G: August 2015
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015. I remember the first time I heard the term white privilege. It was at a faculty in-service about diversity, back when I was still a teacher. I also remember my reaction when I first heard it:. It was a load of crap, because I was quite certain it was something else. And because I knew I was middle class, and could succeed at anything I put my mind to, I didn’t have to prove myself to anyone. But this wasn’t true for everyone. Even though she was white. Similarly, when you feel.
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The Word From G: January 2015
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Starting the New Year Right. I made a very simple resolution to myself about 2015. It didn’t involve eating more healthily, getting more exercise, reading more poetry, or any of those other lofty things that many of us aspire to at the change of the year, but never really quite pull off. It did, however, involve something that was very beneficial to my mental health. Some people on Facebook. Them so that I don’t see the general stuff they post on a day by day basis. So I’v...
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The Word From G: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Mother, May I? Last week I talked about Cosby, Consent, and Cricket. There was more I wanted to say on the issue of consent, but I really wanted to keep the piece down to about 600 words; so I decided to break my thoughts up into two pieces. This is the second piece. Let me begin with two oft-cited statistics, which may or may not have any solid basis in fact. The first is one that is very pertinent to the discussion of consent:. Now one from my 19 years of teaching:. It used to b...
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The Word From G: Cosby, Consent, and Cricket
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Cosby, Consent, and Cricket. Well, it’s been quite the month in terms of the issues of consent, rape, how we view consent, and how our changing view of consent changes the way we view rape. Why did it take them so long to believe the accusations? It wasn’t that they were insensitive, misogynistic pigs. It was fear. Pure and simple. It was the fear of a false accusation against them. 8230;and they all seemed to know someone who knew someone that that had happened to. Based on this ...
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The Word From G: Mawage and the State
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Mawage and the State. Mawage. Mawage is wot brings us togeder today. Mawage, that bwessed awangement, that dweam wifin a dweam…. I can’t tell you how many times I saw that line from The Princess Bride. Quoted after the recent Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v Hodges. I feel that I have no honest choice but to support it. But that’s another issue for another time. No…today I come to talk about the state’s legitimate. Before I say what I have to say, I’m going to recommend t...
