INSPIRING DAD – LESSONS FROM THE PAST
I was re-reading Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and I had to pause to take a deep breath a time or two. Not because his letter was a tear jerker – it’s not. It’s truth spoken to power and is not at all sentimental. The ideas from his letter that [...]
Posted: February 7th, 2010 under AAD ON RACE, DO YOU REMEMBER..., LIFE, PAST, THINGS I WISH MY DAD TOLD/TAUGHT ME.
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BLACK PARENTS, WHITE CHILDREN
I have several online buddies who are white and have adopted black children. I never think twice about that. Black children are overwhelmingly overrepresented in the child welfare system in general, and in foster care in particular, so I say give a kid in need a good family regardless of race. Children need parents who [...]
Posted: April 24th, 2009 under AAD ON RACE, ARTICLE COMMENTARY.
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MEAN PEOPLE
I think I’m tired of mean people. (I say “I think” because I’m not sure if I’m mean people myself or not.) I don’t mind people who say or do mean things for the sake of comedy and to make others laugh. Heck, I’m one of those people. But what I’ve had enough of are [...]
Posted: March 2nd, 2009 under I JUST HAD TO MENTION, RANDOM.
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