I agree. But can you imagine what would happen if Jesus Christ - as described in the New Testament - showed up TODAY? Descended from Heaven as promised, preaching his word of loving your neighbor regardless of color, giving to the poor, and not taking advantage of the weak? You know he’d be totally scorned, mocked,…

I went to a work offsite and one of the speakers was a guy talking about workplace diversity. He mentioned the word “privilege,” and I could see the spines of about 100 white men in the room collectively stiffen. But! He followed up with the example of being left-handed. He gave numerous examples of the way the world…

You should have stopped with “I dunno.”

Here is some food for thought:

To quote one of my professors - “I’m an economist; I don’t answer your questions because I know the truth, I answer because I was asked.”

It makes sense. One thing I’ve noticed doing social work in various medical settings for the last 15 years is that there is a lot of mistrust of medical professionals and a serious resistance to lifestyle changes. Combine that with environmental stressors, genetic predisposition, food access, and the perception of…

Actually that would be er Halim El-Dabh and Edgard Varèse but I see where you’re going with that Kraftwerk angle.

Bagpipe music, Opera, Yodeling, Classical...and more. Anything y’all white ancestor brought from Englang, Scotland, France, Italy and them. Jazz, country, Gospel, Hip hop, rap, rock is clearly not yours. Listen it really is not that hard to figure out. Google is a beautiful search engine. Use it!

So, I’m gray and you’re black, so I’ll bite:

The article isn’t accurate. Michael Jackson is in the top five. And Thriller is still the best selling album in the world.

To be fair, bluegrass still owes credit. The banjo is based on an African instrument. There’s a whole documentary with Bela Fleck exploring the African roots of bluegrass.

I’m an acolyte of the Eugene H. Krabs School of Money Management, so for me, the money is both right and has all the swag.

I hate that we’re even having this conversation. Miley Cirus and Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato and Katy Perry got away with actual appropriation. Miley might’ve been the worst offender in the history of mankind. She took from the culture, made it look like absolute trash, and then walked away from it when she got…

Bluegrass wouldn’t exist without the blues. If anyone tries to tell you that any form of American music that isn’t like, Native American folk music, doesn’t owe a significant debt to black musicians and culture then they are full of shit.

This whole “Bruno Mars is an appropriator” thing is a tempest in a teacup IMHO. Does he steal bits & pieces from other people? Sure he does, but then again, who doesn’t? People say that Prince “stole” from Rick James & James Brown and maybe he did, but he also created something totally unique and different with the…

My 6 year old son was the same way. He thought it was absolutely magical, he identified more with Meg than Calvin, and said that Oprah was “perfect, like a unicorn.” Watching him watch the movie was a really wonderful experience for me! I think you are right on that this is a movie created for children (without the…

It’s beautiful—like Meg in the film, I’m also biracial (white dad/Black mom) and I spent so much of middle school and high school hating myself: I hated my hair, and my glasses, and how impossible it felt to fit in. This movie felt like a love letter to my 13-year-old self, saying that the things you think are your…

I saw it this Friday, with my 7-year-old and 2 of his friends, and while I thought it was a bit slow, the three boys LOVED IT. LOVED. IT. To the point where my son got very, very upset when he found out my husband and I didn’t love it as much as he did. I think Ava Duverney made a movie for kids, not adults, and I…

I’ve heard some of them explaining their reasons as well. I’ve only heard a few of them give concise, logical (from their perspective) reasons for their support of certain right-wing agendas. Their reasons are garbage and narrow-minded, but if I apply some empathy, they make SOME kind of sense.

I loved “Wrinkle.” It’s different from the book, and yeah, it has some problems, but it is magical in its own way. (I was disappointed that Aunt Beast didn’t show up, simply because I wanted to see how they’d depict her.) My niece is biracial and Meg-like in many ways, and is about the same age as Storm Reid. I kept…