September 2011
September 7th, 2011
Written by Rita Rizzo in All About Family with 0 Comments
On the day Barack Obama took office, my 12-year-old grandson phoned me from school to ask a pressing question. “Grandma, why do people have to be so hateful?” he inquired. As an interracial child, Zach was in the early stages of considering what it meant to be a person of mixed race. Obama was a fine role model for Zach, evidence that America is the land of opportunity for all, and with hard work...
September 3rd, 2011
Written by Rita Cook in Travels' Tapestry with 0 Comments
One of places to see in a lifetime is Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks, a year-round favorite for people in this country and around the world. It began as most places in America with a Native American population that included two tribes who actually lived in the area of the parks, the Monache and Yokuts, both separated by language and history.The Yokuts spoke a Penutian language, like...
September 2nd, 2011
Written by Alonzo Weston in "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 0 Comments
Dear Sticky Wicket,With President Obama’s announcement that our soldiers are coming home from Afghanistan, and America’s ongoing high unemployment rates; how difficult will it be for these men and women of all races and ethnicities to find work? Will and/or has this upsurge of returning heroes resulted in something similar to the Vietnam veterans of today many of whom are homeless and have no...
September 1st, 2011
Written by Alonzo Weston in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 4 Comments
A group of white Mississippi teens caught on video beating a black man before killing him by running over him with a pickup truck. This sounds more like a headline from the 1960s when racial incidents such as these were commonplace, rather than from today‘s newspapers.It’s ironic that this recent racial incident fairly coincides with the movie release of “The Help.” The movie, based on book by...