This is not a “come to Jesus moment.” Jesus didn’t want anything to do with what I’m about to let loose here.
When we elected Barack, I ached with hope. Aspiration. Pride. Black America didn’t have to shrink anymore. Didn’t have to make ourselves small to get along. Didn’t have to use our church voice all day, every day so as not to threaten or offend. We could just be regular people. Regular just like you.
The same was so very much not true with Kam though, no. I am pissed. Really pissed. We didn’t have January 6th coming. We didn’t have that hostile ragefest coming where you blame the whole of the universe on us for your de-throning as The Chosen. When I watched Vice President Harris yesterday, I did not feel buoyed. …
A genuine change agent focuses on controlling the behavior. A disingenuous change agent focuses on controlling the discussion.
1/Victim blaming (“To be fair, you did . . . “)
2/Blameless abuser (“It’s how I was raised; not a big deal where I’m from”).
3/Misidentification of ownership (“This affects you . . .”).
4/Misidentification of burden (“. . . but I will help you with it”).
5/Misdirection (“This is offensive. How about saying ‘not all’ . . .”).
6/Platform sharing (“Doesn’t my opinion about this matter?”).
7/Abuser self-centering (“This whole thing is making me uncomfortable”).
8/Victim hijacking (“This isn’t fair to me”).
9/Diminution (“This really isn’t that big of a deal; it’s just guys being guys”).
10/False champion (“I’m trying to help; this will piss off people you need”).
11/Bend the knee (“If you want to be heard, be less antagonistic”).
12/Kiss the ring (“You should appreciate the help you’re getting”).
13/Innocent bullets (“This isn’t abuse; that’s not what I was thinking”).
14/Degradation scaling (“This isn’t as bad; that’s not what I intended”). …
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Two Americas in One White Nation (“TOWN”) — Part I. A “knock it TF off and pull yourself together” series about the building of a national family.
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To support a wide range of readers, I am recording my entire library for download or streaming. Narrators are engaged readers who volunteered to help bring these stories to life. The article’s text version is here:
To support a wide range of readers, I am recording my entire library for download or streaming. Narrators are engaged readers who volunteered to help bring these stories to life. The article’s text version is here:
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