Posted in Race on November 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
ETA: YES WE DID!!
There is a dissertation, and a toddler, and getting over the flood (still), and many many Friends and friends, and anxiety about what to write when I do decide to write here again–
but this morning there was only an African-American man and his wife on TV voting for himself for president with [...]
Posted in I'm angry today, Race on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m pretty conservative when it comes to calling someone an a**hole. And Bill, you and I agree on an awful lot. I’m looking forward to your movie.
And even after this (the breastfeeding part) I was willing to write you off as nothing more than an uninformed blabbermouth.
But referring to Senator Barack Obama as “our BOY” [...]
Posted in Planet Sster, Race, The Prairie on August 4, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It hasn’t been for lack of suitable material: my son’s rapidly growing, frequently outlandish vocabulary (which tonight expanded to include “pastaaaaaaa!” with a little growl); my evolving sense of race issues both personally and communally in our new neighborhood; the astounding–and I do not exaggerate–fact that our house has remained neat, clean, and under control [...]
Posted in Race on July 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Cloudscome’s question to my original post is a good one, and one that I meant to address initially but forgot. I don’t think it’s only White Middle Class entitlement that compels people to ask about a family’s racial/ethnic background or to inquire about how various members are related to one another. There’s straight-up [...]
Posted in Race on July 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
One of the things I like best about our new neighborhood is the opportunity it affords me and my son to interact with lots of people who don’t look like us or share all parts of our racial and cultural background. Most evenings we visit our lovely playground the Snapper is either the only [...]
Posted in I'm angry today, Race on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
To those of you who still believe racism is a thing of the past, on both an institutional and individual basis, read this, making especially sure to read the comments. I understand that the comments are skewed toward trollage, but I have personally heard more than one Cedar Rapidian refer to those “people from [...]
Posted in Race on March 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This is amazing.
(My thoughts, as they developed: you’re giving too much ground to the anti-your-pastor people, but I see why you’re doing it…but wait! you can explain why you don’t support the manner he expressed his views but that you understand its origins? And that understanding those origins is crucial to bringing about real [...]
Posted in Planet Sster, Race, The guys on November 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Third Mom writes, commenting on contemplating my status as a woman,
But I also think that on some level it doesn’t matter, because at the end of the day it’s a luxury to even be able to consider this question.
And she’s right. I have so much else that puts me in the category of ‘privileged’–I’m white, [...]
Posted in Adoption, Planet Sster, Race, The Snapper on August 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
First pierogi
I got the job, officially. When flipping through the paperwork I had to bring with me to the pre-hire physical I was reminded that this whole working outside the home deal is going to be a hassle. But speaking with my mother-in-law, whose post-kid career has her taking care of lots of people less [...]
Posted in Adoption, Parenting, Race, The Snapper on May 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I am a tee-shirts and jeans kind of gal. I get bored blow-drying my hair and I’m bad at using the round brush so I don’t do it. Lately it goes up into a bun where little hands can’t yank it out of my head. I only put makeup on when I’m [...]
