Content Tagged ‘racism’
June 1, 2020 | Tags: George Floyd, Justice, Minneapolis, racism
I am afraid of fire. Ever since I fell into a campfire, hands first as a child, I have a fearful memory for the searing pain it causes. Now, following George Floyd’s murder by a white police officer last week, my city is in flames – fires set long ago with the persistent heat and […]
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May 2, 2017 | Tags: anti-racism, Greening, grow, hope, lessons, new life, racism, seeding, white privilege
The grass is green again. Although, in my yard, casually tended as it is and home to an exuberant squirrel-chasing labradoodle, there remain many bare patches of not-so-green mud. A week ago, I bought a bag of grass seed and made the rounds with it and a wheelbarrow of dirt to cover it up. Raking, […]
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