I live in Oakland, California and I love it. Lake Merrit is one of my favorite spots. Because I grew up on the ocean I need to be around water and so I always pretend the Lake is the ocean. It works, especially on hot summer days.
If you haven’t been [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Race’
About Rape
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Counseling, Domestic Violence, Justice, Organizing, Peace, Race, Racism, Rape, Richmond on November 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
From the Exhale Archives: Building Support Within Culture
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abortion, Counseling, Culture, Exhale, NonJudgment, Pro-Voice, Race on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Abortion is back in the news.
Dudes are debating each other about it on blogging-heads. RH Reality Check has launched a new Common Ground feature. And, we are anxiously awaiting what President Obama has to say in a yet to be unveiled plan to…well, that seems to be the [...]
Now What? Rhianna & Chris Brown
Posted in I think, tagged Chris Brown, Domestic Violence, Race, Rhianna on March 4, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The rumors have been flying.
Rhianna and Chris Brown are back together, or at least, they are talking, reports People. Those who blamed Rhianna from the beginning are basking in the idea that she made it all up to begin with while those who went on the attack against Chris are left feeling [...]
Police Kill Young Black Man in Oakland
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Justice, Oakland, Peace, Race, Racism, TV, Video on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shocked, sad, pissed, are some of the words I feel about what happened on New Year’s Day in Oakland. A young father was shot and killed by BART police, while he was laying on his stomach, with his hands behind his back, and with two cops standing over him. So far, the officer [...]
But we have a black president!
Posted in I think, tagged Race, Racism on December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So racism is over right???
Not so much.
Check this out from Afro-Netizen:
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/6387/36980410
“Post-Racial” Racism in the Post
By Dedrick Muhammad
Guest Contributor
As we come closer to the “post-racial age” of a Barack Obama presidency, I am intrigued to find that post-racial racism is already being propagated in the pages of the Washington Post. In “An Enduring Crisis for the [...]
I Faced Race
Posted in I did, tagged Oakland, Race, Racism, San Clemente on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Colorblind and colormute? Racist abuses or lame excuses? Shoulda seen the Great Race Debate yesterday in downtown Oakland. Dam that Kalpana Krishnamurthy and Julianne Ong Hing had me cheering for them, despite their points. Inspired to get going after meeting the folks at Jack& Jill Politics, Afro-Netizen, and Culture Kitchen. No time [...]
I’m Pro-Voice & I Listen
Posted in I am, I believe, I did, I think, I will, tagged Abortion, Challenge, Culture War, Exhale, Fun, Justice, Leadership, Oakland, Peace, Pro-Voice, Race, Racism, San Clemente, Vision on November 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I believe it is possible to bring peace to the abortion war. As a woman who had an abortion (watch me tell my story on video), founded Exhale and has been promoting my vision and leading the organization for over 7 years, I have started this blog to…SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN. Bringing peace to this long-standing culture war [...]
