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The Original Big Lie And its Shape-Shifting Offspring

October Has Us Falling In Love With The Season Of Generosity

Photo by Adrien Olichon on Pexels.com The Bubble is an area where air acts as an opaque between reality and a tranquil dreamworld caught somewhere between Pleasantville and the thinly veiled fabric of the Twilight Zone. The Bubble is a shrinking vortex of yesteryear. Out of the reach of much of America, though sparsely populated, the Bubble boast of the large manicured lawns, winding tree-lined…

Is Disenfranchisement of Marginalized Communities of Color the Rule, Even if Never Spoken Out Loud?

While making a business call, I reached the so-called self adulated gatekeeper, the customer service representative (operator). After posing my question in my proudly midwestern dialect, they might have picked up something in my voice that convinced them they are speaking to an African American. They shot back in a rather loud and somewhat rude response of “What are you saying!” My reflex was to…

Life Found A Way

Many centuries ago, a man and woman were in a tropical paradise when suddenly a shaking reverberated through the dense vegetation. The sound began emerging louder and louder and caused the hairs on the man’s back to rise in hot anxiety. Tiny feet of two frightened children ran to this adult couple, their parents. In the act of preservation, the man picks up the children into his strong arms. As…

These Are The Times That Try Men’s Souls

Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Pexels.com This period is a crucial moment for America to see just what kind of nation it will be. We have banned together in all of the past tests of American Vigor such as World War One, World War Two, the Great Depression, and 911. Beyond its imperfections, the U.S. has held firm in the face of adversity. Thomas Pain wrote, “THESE are the times that try…

We have all heard of Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride. Revere’s ride was iconized by the Longfellow poem self-titled as “Paul Revere’s Ride.” Some historical listings of the other Midnight Riders have no mention of Wentworth Cheswell, the son of a former slave Hopestill Cheswell. His mother was a white woman named Katherine Keniston. Paul Revere Rode west, and Wentworth Cheswell rode north. They took…

Going on record, Accord1 is pro-vaccine. Accord1 is nonpartisan. Vaccination is not a political issue; it is a health issue, and we are pro-health, especially in the face of so many historic racial health care disparities. In past posts, we have brought to the forefront former well-documented injustices, such as the Tuskegee experiment, the Henrietta Lacks exploitation and black women’s…

Photo by Rostislav Uzunov on Pexels.com See truly; look carefully—darkness blankets the earth; people all over are cloaked in darkness. But God will rise and shine on you; the Eternal’s bright glory will shine on you, a light for all to see. Isaiah 60:2 The Voice (VOICE) Amid dire circumstances and from out of the ashes, the Phoenix rises. Justice will always prevail, as long as the cries of…

Insurrection on this scale had never happened before. Party leaders came up with a plan to lure white voters away into a dark place. This plan involved stoking up white fear of the others. The revolt included but was not limited to the rebellion against the government’s musings of a multiracial democracy. Deepened by divides, those manufactured fears sparked the alarm of a possible black and…

Photo by Alejandro Quintanar on Pexels.com A Paleontologist excavates layers of sediment to search for clues of the past to find the thrulines to today. Bible scholars comb the pages of scripture with a clear understanding of how past events of antiquity affect today.  Last week the subject of Race Norming was discussed. Unfortunately, it is just another one of the many unearthed artifacts of a…

“Just Shut up and Dribble”

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com  NFL to halt ‘race-norming,’ review Black claims in $1 billion concussion settlement https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/ In the past, chattel slavery had many ways in which it was justified. The founding documents of America clearly Identify all men as created equal. But then arose the conundrum. “How do we justify slavery?”  On the contrary, Scripture says: “A…

At Twilight’s last Gleaming? (A Nation at the inflection point)

The Day That Changed the World

Photo by Life Matters on Pexels.com “A year ago today, I witnessed a murder. The victim’s name was George Floyd. Although this wasn’t the first time I’ve seen a Black man get killed at the hands of the police, this is the first time I witnessed it happen in front of me…” “It changed me. I changed how I viewed life. It made me realize how dangerous it is to be Black in America,” Post…

Greenwood and the Face of Hate

It was a summer day in the central part of Oklahoma. Another day of money-making and good times for those on Black Wall Street (The Greenwood section of Tulsa Oklahoma.) Could this be the beginning of what the American dream realized black bodies brandishing the finest of clothes and living their best lives? Nothing could stop the momentum of a Taylormade wealth, innovation, and autonomy. Then…

The highly acclaimed box office hit movie, Hidden Figures exposed America to three African American female heroines; Creola Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Johnson Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. In the 2016 movie, based on the same-titled nonfiction, the three women were portrayed by Taraji Penda Henson, Octavia Lenora Spencer, and Janelle Monáe Robinson.  The three women made an indelible mark on…

Photo by EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA on Pexels.com I started my day with a question as I literally woke up from my sleep. My thoughts eventually meandered to a place of many questions. Questions held my thoughts captive within narratives misplaced in reaction to a tribally splintered America. My curiosity moved me to discover why a phrase had bulwarked an impregnable position in the fabric of our…