Black Madonna
The Power of the Black Madonna (Pope John Paul II with Black Madonna, September, 1995; Photo from larry’slibrary I chose Fr. Richard Rohr O.F.M.’s March 17, 2022 Meditation below for this […]
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My Marketing Plan: Book Sales vs. “the Cause”
My memoir has been available for purchase now for three months so I am frequently asked “how’s the book going?” and for the most part the question really means “how […]
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Central Park – The Pond (Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA) The following is an updated/edited excerpt from a response to a friend who gave me some reflections about […]
read moreA Reflection on Our Common AMERICAN History vis-à-vis Black History Month
February, 2022 — Black History Month Last week at an antiracism meeting I participated in, a presentation was made titled ‘Power Analysis’ based on Rev. Joseph Barndt’s ‘Understanding and Dismantling […]
read moreA Personal Reflection About Shunning
Shunning is a word that recently came to my mind since the memoir was published almost two months ago. Webster’s defines it as follows: “persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone […]
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Oblivious American…
read moreMy First Review…
The following is the first, unsolicited review of my memoir from a friend and colleague I have known for over fifty years
read moreMemoir Q&A with Rochester Beacon
My journey as an ‘Oblivious American”…
read moreDog Whistle Politics…
“Can Democracy (and the Democratic Party) Survive Racism as a Strategy?”…
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