March 2010
March 15th, 2010
Written by Sticky Wicket in "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 0 Comments
Dear Sticky Wicket,Is it possible for black people to be racists?~Perplexed in St. Joseph, MODear Perplexed,In one of comedian Chris Rock’s stand-up routines, he asks the audience who are the most racist people. When he says that it is old black men, the audience lets out a collective gasp of surprise.For many people, black racism is an oxymoron: It is impossible for blacks to be racists because...
March 12th, 2010
Written by Ann Tierney Prochnow in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
In 1874, Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American president of a predominantly white university when he received his appointment to this position at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The Jesuit leadership of the school was convinced that Healy was the most qualified person to lead the college, despite what one priest referred to as “the problem related to his background.”...
March 11th, 2010
Written by Lisa Waterman Gray in The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
Closely related to pasta, the word “dumpling” first appeared in print around the 17th century. In her culinary dictionary, The New Food Lover’s Companion, Sharon Tyler Herbst says savory dumplings are “small or large mounds of dough that are usually dropped into a liquid mixture such as soup or stew,” and dessert dumplings “most often consist of a fruit mixture encased in a sweet pastry dough and...
March 10th, 2010
Written by Mary Annette Pember in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Thoughts of my mother are always bittersweet. In recent years however, the bitterness has grown into hope. It is not an easy hope, covered in thorns as it is, but hope nonetheless. In my younger days, I was derailed for years by my deep sense of personal injustice. She was not the loving mother I deserved to have.She was often cold and harsh, self absorbed and quick-tempered; she was never like...
March 9th, 2010
Written by Lisa Smith-Overton in All About Family with 0 Comments
A couple of years ago, in celebration of Black History Month, my son Gabriel was assigned a project by his social studies teacher. The assignment: Research a historic figure in African-American history, make a presentation dressed as the figure, and write a six-page report.I was more excited than my son. I had never been given assignments like this in middle school; researching people who played...