“I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.” ― Zora Neale Hurston
Thursday, May 22, 2014
First Reads
A short reply to the looooong 15,000+word essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations,http://networkedblogs.com/X6vmC
Some More Thoughts on Ta-Nehisi's 'Reparations' Essay http://blanksslate.blogspot.com/2014/05/my-initial-thoughts-on-ta-nehisis.html?m=1 …
More Hispanics Declaring Themselves WHITE!http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/upshot/more-hispanics-declaring-themselves-white.html?_r=0
God Loves #Uganda: In a documentary along the lines of 'Jesus Camp,' who's demonizing whom? http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/may-web-only/god-loves-uganda.html
Poverty and Snowstorms by Thomas Sowell http://m.nationalreview.com/article/378333/poverty-and-snowstorms-thomas-sowell
The U.S. has troops on the ground in these African countries http://wapo.st/1i68WKL
Food trucks can knit communities closer together http://theam.cn/1tkrkGP
New York’s Welfare Reactionaries http://bit.ly/1j8iLaw