Tag Archives: Racism

What the f*ck happened to you?

Posted on August 5, 2022 by ends and beginnings blog

“Republicans seem to support one fella, some guy named Brandon. He’s having a good year, I’m kind of happy for him.” – Joe Biden at the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Dinner I have a t-shirt that I like to wear … Continue reading →

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Stop pretending your racism is patriotism.

Posted on November 19, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” – Henri Frederic Amiel Next week is Thanksgiving, truly my favorite holiday of all the celebrations. My … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron

Posted on January 22, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

“Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man’s record.” – Hank Aaron In 1974, before Ted Turner made the Atlanta Braves baseball team “America’s Team” on his “Super Station” WTBS there was Hank Aaron. Growing … Continue reading →

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Keeping the “white” in the White House

Posted on September 4, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

“The Atlantic Magazine is dying, like most magazines, so they make up a fake story in order to gain some relevance. Story already refuted, but this is what we are up against. Just like the Fake Dossier. You fight and … Continue reading →

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Who are these people?

Posted on November 27, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

I have been looking at this picture all morning, a crowd shot of Trump’s rally last night in Sunrise, Florida. I don’t know much about Sunrise, FL so I did a little digging. Sunrise has a population of 95,458 people. … Continue reading →

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Chicken nuggets in heaven

Posted on August 9, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Terrible things are happening outside… poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” – Anne Frank … Continue reading →

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Stop watering dead flowers

Posted on August 4, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

Imagine it is Saturday morning and you head with your family to Walmart. It feels like any other, ordinary Saturday. Maybe you are taking your kids for back-to-school shopping, always exciting particularly if you have a young one going into … Continue reading →

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Thoughts, and prays…..again

Posted on August 4, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love … Continue reading →

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Change the headline

Posted on July 31, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

‘It’s breaking my heart’: Greenville, NC, wrestles with fallout of Donald Trump’s rally Many years ago, not long out of college, I interviewed for a position in advertising sales with the local television station in Greenville, NC. I had been … Continue reading →

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Send her back

Posted on July 23, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

I have written about this in the past but I think it bears repeating in this white nationalist era Trump is driving us too. I grew up in the South, Charlotte to be specific, a child of the 1960’s and … Continue reading →

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