April 2012
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A blog comment I recently read mentioned dysconscious racism. Dysconscious racism is a distorted understanding about inequity and cultural diversity. I had never heard the term. So, naturally, I felt rising pangs of guilt and frustration at not knowing that there are names for the variant degrees of racism because I’m black and should know these things. You can breathe a sigh of relief- This...
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I’ve been reading a lot of Henry George recently. Surprisingly, I don’t find political economics as inscrutable as one might imagine after spending five years engulfed in celebrity television. I enjoy reading his theorems, which don’t seem to have any overt polemical purpose. He states things that are basic. His two axioms are: people seek to satisfy their desires with the least...
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I almost forgot it was Earth Day until my oldest and dearest friend, Suma Narasimharajan, asked me to make her a bracelet to commemorate her upcoming graduation from NYU’s MBA program! I love making unique gifts using the neglected items around my bedroom. My box of beads is a collection from necklaces and bracelets that have broken over the years. Revving up the rage of recycling with...
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I came across this superlative production of a bike shelf, so incredible in its design that it could make a peripatetic (like me) walk to the nearest community bike shop to finally learn what a bicycle gear is. I don’t know much about bikes. The last time I rode one was about two years ago when my patient bestie, Ben Wise, tried to teach me on the streets of Memphis. Nonetheless, I still...
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I had a very romantic April. It’s no surprise that all night I’ve been sporadically appealing to these touching photos by Malick Sidibe, who I was initially introduced to on acclaimed writer Brienne Walsh’s blog. These pictures brought me much desired mirth as I stared at them longingly and barricaded my expectations for May.
These photos are some kind of lovely.
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Just read that the singers of this 70s British...
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