Today’s children do not carry the baggage of racial myths in the way grownups do.
Maureen McKane Posts
Birthing a work changes a writer. The author delves into the truth of a book’s subject matter. The book, in turn, is laying bare the…
I don’t know about the men, but we women were taught to put ourselves in second place. We learned that caring, really caring about another,…
Fear is a mechanism designed to keep us safe, but, in excess, it becomes a source of danger. “Fear is not the enemy,” said our…
If I call Black people survivors am I stereotyping, othering them? Here is how to catch nuance in the tricky world of discussing race.
A parent’s job must draw on both heart and backbone. Heart is gentle. Backbone holds us erect. We parent in pairs to balance both. When…
No one today believes in people owning people, but our forefathers did. We ended that bondage through a civil war between our better principles and…
A nine-year-old caught my ear. Sheree, a competitor in the AAU National Junior Olympics, was quoted in the local paper, saying she runs for “something…
I’m at a block party in a neighborhood where I know no one. We’re on the street in front of the home my son recently…
Old trees that block the sun have their own value. Don’t cut them down for a solar panel.