October 2017

Blog Archive

Sat, 28.10.2017

The Idolatry of American Whiteness

Back in 2003, I watched a documentary on PBS called Race and the Power of Illusion.  It brought back many memories of my life as a black man in America. It also dredged up many sensitive feelings I had and have regarding America’s major cog of racism; color.  Growing up in the 20th-century civil rights […]

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New Poem Each Day

Poetry Corner

If you are a revolutionary Then I must be a reactionary For if you stand for the future I have no choice but to Be with the past Bring back suspender! Bring back Mom! Homemade ice... THE REACTIONARY POET by Ishmael Reed.
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