Source – Jati: The Caste System in India, Asia Society Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, COVID-19, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights “In America, this battle to wipe out whole ethnic groups was fought not by armies with guns nor by hate sects at the margins. Rather, this pernicious white-gloved war was prosecuted byContinue reading “The Illusion of Perfection…”
Category Archives: Civics
Dark Frequencies…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism Dystopia © April 12, 2023, the Griot Poet Gun massacres are so Frequent now, George Orwell’s Prophecy banal. Lamentation © April 12, 2023, the Griot Poet Gun massacres are so Frequent now that Orwell weeps: [Nightmares] actual. ***** The graph is part of an exercise that IContinue reading “Dark Frequencies…”
Innocence…
Topics: African Americans, Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Diversity in Science, Environment, Existentialism, Fascism, Global Warming, Human Rights Trauma at 55 © April 3, 2023, the Griot Poet Graduation day. No child smiling because we Lost Martin Thursday. April is National Poetry Month. This photo of five-year-old me inspired my haiku about myContinue reading “Innocence…”
Functional Fascism…
Ron DeSantis previously said he wouldn’t get involved in Donald Trump’s indictment “in any way.” | John Bazemore/AP Photo, Gary Fineout, Politico Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism NEW YORK — The share of Americans who identify as white and Christian has dropped below 50 percent, a transformation fueled by immigration and byContinue reading “Functional Fascism…”
By Another Name…
Space race: Inside ego-fueled competition of Bezos, Musk, and Branson, Michael Kaplan, New York Post Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights Under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of African Americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines, and charged for the costs of their own arrests. With noContinue reading “By Another Name…”
Apocalypse Now…
Judge Royce Lambert said Jacob Chansley’s role as a leader among those who went into the Senate chamber and disrupted the electoral vote tally compelled a serious prison sentence. | Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images | Politico Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, COVID-19, Environment, Existentialism, Fascism Note: The title of this post is from theContinue reading “Apocalypse Now…”
Adios, Dilbert…
Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Democracy, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights Dildo (noun): an object shaped like and used in place of a penis for giving sexual pleasure; (mainly US offensive): a stupid person, especially a man. Cambridge Dictionary Note: In light of recent events, and the pregnant homophone, it was too good to pass up. AsContinue reading “Adios, Dilbert…”
Intersectionality and 53%…
Image Source: U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050, Jeffrey S. Passel, and D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research, February 11, 2008 Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism Excerpt from “Black Labor, White Wealth: The Search for Power and Economic Justice,” (August 1, 1994) Claude Anderson, Ed. D., Chapter 2: Power and Black Progress: Chapter 2, page 33,Continue reading “Intersectionality and 53%…”
Silicon Gaslighting…
Image source: Black Planet dot com Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights Note: I had my bridge removed by a periodontist. That’s not as trivial as I thought it would be, recalling me pulling my baby teeth at the age of six. My pain management regimen consisted of 600 mgContinue reading “Silicon Gaslighting…”
Challenging Utopia…
Note: The origin of my harshness was this, ON the day we laid Tyre Nichols to rest, I was commenting on a police report of a double amputee being shot to death by the police. Trolls have to troll. After my rebuttal, I heard nothing else. Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights,Continue reading “Challenging Utopia…”
Physics and Nano 