Curious

The bear and I were watching a show that was discussing racial stereotypes briefly. The “Asians can’t drive” stereotype came up, and I had to profess ignorance. That was one I had never heard. The bear told me he’d heard that one plenty of times before, and since it was a stereotype that made it [...]

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Dunbar

I used to do a lot of news and political blogging, back when I was in an abusive relationship. Flint was all about politics, so it was a safe place to channel all my fear and hope and need for intellectual stimulation. It was also a really easy way to deflect questions about why I [...]

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Cold water to the face

My commute has recently had to change extensively. The city I live in has some of the poorest urban planning I’ve ever seen, with only a handful of open corridors to get from one part of the city to another — everything else is cut off by natural formations, railroad tracks, or snobby rich neighborhoods [...]

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A Nice Thing

This doesn’t happen very often, so I wanted to share.
I currently have a friend that, due to some circumstances that shall remain vague, I am sometimes constrained from saying certain uncomfortable things to. This is part of my overwhelming stress at the moment — nothing is more crazy-making within me than to feel a thing, [...]

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The NY Post Cartoon

Okay, here we go.
Whenever SUPER RACIST EVENT happens in this country, I tend not to get too whipped up. I mean, it’s no shock or surprise to me that SUPER RACIST EVENTS still happen at a fairly consistent clip. And, the thing is, I tend to view the SUPER RACIST EVENT to be on the [...]

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