Racism is a serious issue today, as much as it’s ever been, but it’s difficult to get people to recognize and acknowledge it. Blue Corn Comic has a creative way of addressing some issues…
Stereotype of the Month Contest
P.S. Here’s our Comment Love Kiva Donation at work. You can join in too and help Margaret Juma with her Child Care business!

a strange attempt to increase web traffic…

I’m not one to really promote Mtv, I mostly think they have an overall negative influence on us as a society and especially young people. But, rather then get into that, I think it’s good to acknowledge and encourage the good steps they take. MTVU (Don’t ask me what the U is for I haven’t even looked) has an Activism page, and they did make some effort at creatively raising awareness on the Sudan Crisis. Maybe it’s just a sign of the times, that activism is cool now. Either way …

You ever mention, or hear mentioned, a famous person or speech from back in the day? How about Dr. King’s Speeches, or JFK, Winston Churchill or Stokely Carmichael? Well, here’s a link for hours of interesting speeches and sound bits.
Historical Sounds in MP3 Format

So, you might all think this is sort of backwards, but I’m officially on paternity leave, though the baby hasn’t come yet. Mindy, on the other hand, is still working and plans to right up until the baby is born. Before you laugh, I’ve got good reason to be off, caring for Mindy and preparing for the baby to come. I know there is a ton to do, I just am not that sure what some of it is. So, I’m making a list, and I’m gonna try and do …

When I first started it, IFeelWhenYou, was going to be this great, thought-provoking website that opened up the conversation on race nation-wide and was a useful tool in our dialog in classes and churches all over. Well, it didn’t really happen. But it is fun to browse through once in a while, and moderate the new statements that had been posted. Here’s what I wrote about it when I first started:
Something that troubles me in dicussing race and racism is that we are often (like in many other areas) poor …

I’ve been future posting the majority of posts on here, mainly cause I’m to busy with work and baby prepping to sit down and write on a daily basis. The baby will be here very soon, and I’ll be taking a break from writing on here, so I’m setting up about two weeks worth of posts were I’ll just be posting links to websites I’ve found interesting. It’s up to you readers to lead the conversation.
Fridays I usually like to write a what if post, so here’s my what if…
What …

Just saw this on someone’s myspace and thought it was worth sharing. Someday I’ll get back to our hip-hop lessons, it’s just not going to be anytime soon. Here’s Nickelback, If Everyone Cared, for your enjoyment…

If Everyone Cared lyrics