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June 22, 2018
Oh, my God! Kindred was the first Butler book I read
and I had no idea the author was a black woman. I can't even start to tell you of the effect of being a sci-fi/fantasy nerd Butler had on me as a young black woman. Now, as I'm approaching crone-dom, I jump out of my skin to see many sites, such as black girl nerds, and I can rest, happy and hopefully way before I die, that Butler has inspired African and African-American writers to explore and write ourselves into the future and that Ms. Butler did this. I need a tissue of joy right now 
Thanks so much, Polack MSgt, and Google, for this remembrance. I fucking love it!
And Thank You for the link, too!
June 19, 2018
For those not well versed in American history, the current actions are somewhat surprising and abhorrent. How could a nation founded on principles, which seem to be the polar opposite of these policies, be so callously taking children away from their parents?
The explanation is simple. We have done it before as a nation.
The famous orator and anti-slavery advocate Frederick Douglass used the forced separation from his mother as a tool to drive his desire and eventual escape from enslavement. With the official ending of slavery at the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in December 1865, the march was on to find lost family members. Children would look far and wide for missing parents and other relatives. Mothers and fathers would desperately try to reconnect with the children who had been stolen from them."
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/featured/americas-legacy-slavery-seen-trump-policy-separating-children-families/
AMERICA'S LEGACY OF SLAVERY SEEN IN TRUMP POLICY SEPARATING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
"This is nothing new for America. The only difference is who the victims are.For those not well versed in American history, the current actions are somewhat surprising and abhorrent. How could a nation founded on principles, which seem to be the polar opposite of these policies, be so callously taking children away from their parents?
The explanation is simple. We have done it before as a nation.
The famous orator and anti-slavery advocate Frederick Douglass used the forced separation from his mother as a tool to drive his desire and eventual escape from enslavement. With the official ending of slavery at the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in December 1865, the march was on to find lost family members. Children would look far and wide for missing parents and other relatives. Mothers and fathers would desperately try to reconnect with the children who had been stolen from them."
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/featured/americas-legacy-slavery-seen-trump-policy-separating-children-families/
June 7, 2018
Dr. Jacqueline Battalora is an attorney and professor of sociology and criminal justice at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. She is the author of “Birth of A White Nation: The Invention of White People and it's Relevance Today.”
ABOUT DR. ROBIN DIANGELO
Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the author of two books, “What Does It Mean To Be White: Developing Racial Literacy” and “Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education.”
Her area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, explicating how Whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives.
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Battalora and DiAngelo: How #Antimiscegenation Created #WhiteFragility
ABOUT DR. JACQUELINE BATTALORADr. Jacqueline Battalora is an attorney and professor of sociology and criminal justice at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. She is the author of “Birth of A White Nation: The Invention of White People and it's Relevance Today.”
ABOUT DR. ROBIN DIANGELO
Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the author of two books, “What Does It Mean To Be White: Developing Racial Literacy” and “Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education.”
Her area of research is in Whiteness Studies and Critical Discourse Analysis, explicating how Whiteness is reproduced in everyday narratives.
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