We started watching “Madam Secretary” a few weeks ago, after hearing high praise for the Netflix series from a number of friends, and now we’re hooked. Last night we watched the episode in which Elizabeth is suffering from PTSD. She...
A friend of mine got his United States citizenship yesterday. A Canadian who has been in this country for close to 40 years, it took him more than two years and over $20,000 to complete the process. Both the time...
In a society based on law and order, the role of police is very specific. If someone has disobeyed a law, we give to police the authority to stop the person and issue a ticket naming the violation that has...
We need to begin a conversation about what will happen to the people among us who hold racist beliefs, once we vote in leaders of intelligence and empathy. The question is important. Everyone needs to belong. When people feel left...
Many of us are paying more attention now to the ways the system grinds away under its own power. In this article, I’m going to mention some recent decisions my own municipality has made, as if it is business as...
Imagine for a minute that you have a hankering to go to some far distant land that you have heard about. You’ve heard that the people there dress differently, speak another language, grow different crops, and live in homes constructed...
I’ve been watching Oprah’s special, “Where Do We Go From Here.” In this show, she is having a conversation with several prominent Black writers, researchers, change agents, and artists about their reactions to the murder of George Floyd. As you...
Many White individuals have been engaged in public condemnations of racism since May, when George Floyd was murdered. It’s tempting to see all this activity as a new age for America, a surge toward racial justice. It could be...
My young friend, Valerie Echeveste, recently sent a letter to the Catholic preparatory school that she attended, prodding the school to make a commitment to racial justice. Her suggestions for school leaders included openly condemning the murders of Black men,...
A few days ago, I discovered that Living As Equals had a technical glitch that looks like it started back in December. The mailing list began sending email notifications of a new post to only a handful of subscribers, rather...