I recently made a big mistake. That’s not a surprising admission, since I make big mistakes all the time. Just last weekend I was driving the wrong way on a one-way street, for one thing. Those kinds of mistakes I can handle, since I am only human. The mistake that I need to confess is one of language, a rather unforgivable mistake.
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Straight Up Racist
I have been writing about both literature and race issues quite a lot lately. The saga of Margaret B. Jones, aka Margaret Seltzer, shows that I’ve been on to something.
She was the author of “Love and Consequences”, a memoir of growing up in a black foster family in South Central Los Angeles. Her tale was a wild ride with a strong mother and gang violence, death and redemption. It also turned out to not be true when Ms. Seltzer was ratted out by her own sister.
Free at Last
This leap day is many things, including the 52nd birthday of Gioachino Rossini. It also means that Black History Month is one day longer this year. I’ve written on what Black History Month means to me if for no other reason than I think it’s fair to demand this of paleo-maleos equally if it’s ever gonna mean anything. This year, however, like all leap years, is an election. If anything, we spent more time in February making Black History than covering it.
Dr. Carver
“Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.”
In February, it is customary to put up images of Dr. George Washington Carver in our schools as part of Black History Month. Most people see his earnest and humble stare coming from the cheerful posters and think, “Oh, the peanut guy.” But he was much more than that, perhaps even the greatest scientist who ever lived. Black or white.
Still About People
This might be a hard blog entry for me. No, it’s not because I was wrong about Obamania striking the nation – but because I really have to move on from politics for a while. The biggest event is over, and the Democrats are remarkably even while the Republicans look to continue sniping at a clear front-runner. What really concerns me is that something was missing last night at our Precinct Caucuses that I was hoping to be able to write about.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 