Thought Pattern

White americans are suddenly shocked that an Obama supporter could be racist, all the while they are racist themselves.

You're a fool if you feel this country is less racist because Obama won by majority..

Today's Racism

Two men speaking Cantonese are looking at a table saw. The salesman begins his long pitch to convince them to purchase the machine. During his sales pitch he says to the men, "This machine is simple to assemble. The instructions are written by someone who's first language is english therefor you don't have to translate their chinese." OK so maybe this is just absolute ignorance more than it is racism.

Thought Pattern

Corporations are people and people want to be a brand. What's this world coming to?

Today's Racism

 Today's racist quote overhears in one of the famous big box home stores. "That's what happens when you hire cheap labor. I don't even think he spoke english."
This concept of what language one speaks in regard to pay or intelligence makes me wonder what some people think of Stephen Hawking who can not speak at all or Mother Teresa who took a vow of poverty.

True Story

African American Boy asked his mom why that man is being stopped by the cops. His African American mother says, "maybe because of that thing on his head." The man being harassed by the cops was a Sikh.

Thought Pattern

Climbing trees, gathering rocks, digging holes, playing with sticks. These four things cross the boundaries of gender, race, culture. These are human instincts that are suppressed by adults who tell children they will get hurt, get dirty... Imagine if we could only follow our instincts. What would we learn, how would we appreciate our surroundings.