Social Justice Magazine
A pinkness swelled over the horizon, and the greyish grass slowly emerged to any eyes awake to see the blades rustling in the morning winds. Over the undulating hills, slightly west of the meadow, was the forest, and a few bluejays welcomed the dawn with their whistles, seeking sustenance for their young ones. A hawk flew high overhead, scanning for something struggling in the grass; a glint of … [Read more...]
At a recent public discussion about health insurance with US President Barack Obama, a New Hampshire man with a gun strapped to his leg waved a sign saying, “It Is Time to Water the Tree of Liberty,” a reference to a quote by Thomas Jefferson that finishes, “with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” When asked by a reporter if the gun was loaded, the man, William Kostric, laughed, saying, … [Read more...]
“Junkie. Pothead. That’s where I’d been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man.” So wrote current U.S. president Barack Obama about his youth.In May 2009, Jabrai Jordan Copney, a black man, allegedly shot Justin Cosby, a black man, inside a Harvard University dormitory. Cosby fled, collapsed a block away, and later died. Harvard banned from campus student … [Read more...]
In the 1960s, most of America reviled Malcolm X as a villain. America now celebrates the May 19 birthday of this “shining prince.”History repeats itself. On April 22, 2004, an American football star named Pat Tillman was killed in action in Afghanistan. After September 11, Tillman had eschewed a $3.6 million sports contract to volunteer for the Army Rangers. Selfless and ruggedly … [Read more...]
Klansman and Nazi David Duke was arrested in Prague, Czech Republic, the last week of April 2009: it is a crime to deny the Holocaust. In Germany and Austria, it is a crime to express support for National Socialism; it is even problematic to honor soldiers who died fighting for Hitler.By contrast, in May 2009, Auburn, Alabama, Councilman Arthur Dowdell removed some Confederate flags from a … [Read more...]
This is what I remember:She had flaming red hair. I had met her at a gathering of scholars in London. It was the summer, and I realized I had spent the entire year in England. It was time to explore the Continent.Helen suggested going in the opposite direction, to her native Ireland—Northern Ireland.Thirty pounds later, I was in Derry/Londonderry.Only a hundred yards or so from … [Read more...]
As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the inauguration of America’s first black president, and Black History Month, it’s worth pondering the question, “Who won the Civil War?”On November 20, 2002, I wrote in a Nashville newspaper that a relatively new, … [Read more...]
THE VATICAN (Reuters) —The Catholic world is in upheaval and confusion after an announcement today by Bishop Richard Williamson and Pope Benedict that Jesus, contrary to centuries of church doctrine, did not in fact die on the cross as was previously taught.Said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, papal spokesman: “The length and width of the cross was such that an average human being could … [Read more...]
You can’t write that about the president of the NAACP.“Write what?” I said.“That,” Melissa told me, pointing at my notebook’s screen. “You’re calling him a ‘mulatto’?”“Well, that’s the definition, right? His father was white, his mother was black. I think.” I scratched my head. “Maybe he’s a quadroon .” Melissa rolled her eyes.“But he says … [Read more...]
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