Archive for the ‘racism’ Category

• There were some sour notes

  Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

  My only brother is almost six years my junior so I thought of him as my living baby doll while growing up. By the time I left home we had not formed a grown up relationship. This was to come later. Whenever we have time to talk I love to hear about his years on [...]

• Bulling has risen to a new high

  Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

  Bulling is defined as: “the act of mentally or physically harming another” has risen to and all time high with a new and deadly twist. All of us have run into the schoolyard bully who promised to break our faces but folded when we stood up for ourselves. But we now have new kinds of [...]

• Lack of Hospitality leaves me with a bad taste

  Monday, September 6th, 2010

  As a child we did not eat out. Mothers filled the table with dishes that made your mouth water just to think about them. Once grown up with my own family, dinning out became a treat. I also liked to get dressed up and take my well behaved children out to learn social graces. We [...]

• Serena’s royal snub but revenge is sweet!

  Friday, June 25th, 2010

  Being a top winning tennis player doesn’t mean you will get respect. The powers that be moved Serena from the center court to the north forty. Serena had been practicing her curtsy in hopes that she would be presented to the queen. Little did she know that she would be snubbed and in her place [...]

• At what age can you expect respect

  Saturday, May 29th, 2010

  CNN reported on a Pennsylvania lady who at 103, is still driving. To make it even better it’s a Cadillac and it’s one of those old land yachts we remember as kids. But boy is it well kept. This distinguished, well dressed, Black woman was shown getting in her car, dressed to the nines in [...]