by the time I reached the school it was a bonfire
Category: Thinking About… | Pensando en….
My thoughts about various things
Race Matters
I saw the story below about negative and racist reactions to the casting of some black actors in The Hunger Games movie.
Tardiness
Tardiness is something else too: insulting.
Family
I learned from a television sitcom the concept of the A grandparents and the B grandparents.
The Word Nigger
I think nigger is the worst curse in American English. It’s not merely an insult. It’s a dehumanizing adjective.
Hobbits and Catholics
What’s with the Catholics and Tolkien?
This Time Last Year
Who knew that keeping the finances could be a fun chore?
The Slavery of Africans in the West
I’ve been thinking about the slavery of Africans in the West. I imagine you U.S. readers learned in grade school social studies classes about slavery in the U.S. You may have read the words of slaves and abolitionists. You may have watched Roots, or even read the novel. But how often are you reminded of…