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Real Men Don’t Bash Dead Teenagers

Posted on February 5, 2013 by gar

{Warning:  Offensive language below.} Trayvon Martin would have been 18 today.  Some sicko decided to “celebrate” by defaming him. A Mr. Todd Kincannon, former GOP chairman from South Carolina tweeted during the Super Bowl: This Super Bowl sucks more dick … Continue reading →

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The Big Scary Black Man Narrative

Posted on March 29, 2012 by gar

March 3, 1991.  Rodney King led officers on a high speed chase that ended in Simi Valley, California.  When he finally surrendered, police took him out of the car, tasered him, and, as the now infamous video shows, kicked and … Continue reading →

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I can’t look at his face

Posted on March 22, 2012 by gar

I can’t look at his face.  It’s too young and too fresh and too new.  I can’t look at his face.  It’s untested, unchallenged.  There are so many first lights he did not get to see, so many mountains he … Continue reading →

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Flutter, flitter, feet atwitter — An Excerpt from Sin Against the Race

Posted on March 10, 2012 by gar

Flutter, flitter, feet atwitter.  Fire burning, souls aglitter. Off the bus with a twirl and a shimmy.  Sidewalk owned with strides and shuffles.  Cold air glances cast asunder by the Posse’s inner glow. A motion put on the floor to … Continue reading →

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Birther-gate: the silliness that ain’t silly

Posted on April 27, 2011 by gar

So President Obama persuaded Hawaiian officials with a personal, handwritten note to send him copies of the sacred “long form” birth certificate so that the White House can distribute the document widely and bring a hoped for end to the … Continue reading →

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