Bigotry, xenophobia, racism, prejudices that maintain our ingrained subjugation of some, for the maintenance of white privilege. I can not very well stand in judgment, as I am well aware of the quiet systemic racism, alive and viciously defended even here in my O’Canada, as my twitter feed of late has clarified. From a certain angle, I see bigotry woven like threads through the fabric … Continue reading A Descendant Of Slaveholders Speaks Her Truth
Once upon a time on the leading bleeding edge, back in the world wild west, did you know that one could engage in intelligent discourse right out there in the open? Yip. It was a real place, not fantasyland. It was a text-oriented enviro, no fancy UI, just a bog-standard newsgroup geared to news junkies. It could be termed elitist. Sure. Whatever. Which for the … Continue reading Within The Caves Of Bobbles, Kittens And Blasphemy
When my sister was around 5 years old, a girlfriend of mine was calling her Aunt, before she could complete the call my sister asked her “is your Aunt black like you?.” My Girlfriends answer was priceless, she said, “no, she is green with purple polk-a-dots”. We grew up surrounded by people who looked like us, in Canada, in a small village. At one level, … Continue reading Prejudice in the Lands of Plenty
rhythm of street sounds fade from place to post and new faces dance within an abstracted oasis whilst the watching world reflects itself in the heart of nouns that enigmatic one breaths to every dying norm a wasted toiling tethered over this divine misadventure we go drifting down on sidewalks as we gather in a darkened mind pulling alittle tighter a lock or two more … Continue reading within the heart of nouns
by PaulaB 