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The Sandra Bland Video Tells Us More Than What Happened

Posted on July 24, 2015 by

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Once I saw Sandra Bland’s smiling face in the news reports, I didn’t want to watch the video of her arrest. It was going to be a level of wrongdoing and injustice that would be intolerable to watch, burn my eyes. What had to… Continue Reading “The Sandra Bland Video Tells Us More Than What Happened”

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I Belong to the Band of Mothers

Posted on September 28, 2014 by

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The world is encircled by the band of mothers. I know each one in every place and each one knows me. I speak each one’s language and understand what she does. And if one handed me her child today, I would listen to her… Continue Reading “I Belong to the Band of Mothers”

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It’s Not New, It’s Just New to You

Posted on August 22, 2014 by

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Something about Michael Brown’s shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, has struck a chord with white women bloggers because I sure have seen a lot of ‘I can’t believe how horrible racism is’ posts as if this is the first time they’ve realized that racism can… Continue Reading “It’s Not New, It’s Just New to You”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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