Anecdotal Life October 12, 2018 ebrightwing Two quotes from SHARP: THE WOMEN WHO MADE AN ART OF HAVING AN OPINION BY MICHELLE DEAN reminded me of… Continue Reading →
Reading Outside My Comfort Zone September 14, 2018 ebrightwing For me, reading outside my comfort zone means following wisps of ideas and half-understood references in one topic to others. … Continue Reading →
When Is It Virtue? August 10, 2018 ebrightwing Ideally, we live by a moral or ethical code. I first began questioning the idea of virtue when I saw… Continue Reading →
Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation? April 18, 2018 ebrightwing Cultural appropriation is about ownership of your own culture both individually and as a group. The cultural melting pot trope… Continue Reading →
De Jure Racism Became De Facto Racism (Pacific NW) April 10, 2018 ebrightwing Segregation in the southern United States was custom, policy and law. Overturning the laws transformed racism from de jure segregation… Continue Reading →
When War Becomes Policy March 19, 2018 ebrightwing HOW EVERYTHING BECAME WAR AND THE MILITARY BECAME EVERYTHING: TALES FROM THE PENTAGON by Rosa Brooks When the military is… Continue Reading →
An Alternative View (Civil Rights) February 28, 2018 ebrightwing A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis tells the truth… Continue Reading →
Remembering AIM October 30, 2017 ebrightwing The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded in 1968 (six years after I was born). Reading about the individuals involved… Continue Reading →
The Nineties … and Me September 20, 2017 ebrightwing CNN’s website begins by describing the miniseries as: From executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog, in association… Continue Reading →
Indigenous Basis of the United States Constitution September 13, 2017 ebrightwing Periodically, the issue of sources or influences underpinning the United States Constitution re-emerges. The most recent driver is the issue… Continue Reading →
