Gary ‘Z’ McGee, Staff WriterWaking Times “The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations which we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is planted deep within each of us.” ~Audre Lorde We are told what to think almost every day. We are less often taught how to think. From mainstream […]
Posts Tagged ‘doublethink’
White Privilege Tax: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
April 16th, 2016 Awake Goy
As Hillary Clinton has recently proclaimed at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network’s 25th Anniversary Convention on April 13, 2016: White people need to do a much better job of listening when African-Americans talk about the seen and unseen barriers you face every day. We need to recognize our privilege and practice humility rather than assume […]
The Rainbow, the Rules and the Rebirth
November 18th, 2015 Awake Goy
Under the penetrating light of scrutiny, we cannot deny that in some ways we humans are odd things. Forever on the quest to understand the world around us and our place in it, we rationalize the solid into the abstract, constantly encapsulating, condensing and simplifying. By doing so we forge conceptual elements vital for […]