The cosmos stands accused.
It’s one thing if someone uses a wheelchair or a blind man’s cane, or has cerebral palsy. Other diseases can be just as serious, but unseen.
Category Archives: Justice
Bootstraps
Psalm 150:6: “Let all things that have breath praise the Lord.”
At the homeless shelter where I stay, we’re required to attend chapel every night. Monday, for the first time in months, Jervis Ray preached. His text was Psalm 23. However, he was soon enough back to his same old same old, haranguing us that we’re not grateful enough for our “blessings.” “God woke you up in your right mind,” with the use of two arms and two legs.
He calls us to praise God that our bootstraps aren’t like others’. “There are lots of people in hospitals who don’t know where they are.”
That stung me, as my oldest brother will be soon enough in just that state.
Podcast — Contrasts and justice in downtown Baltimore
You get what you choose, whether you want it or not.
Contrasts and justice in downtown Baltimore
Related:
- White-shaming
- Dreaming of my own place
- Lexington Market – Wikipedia
- Inner Harbor – Wikipedia
- Harborplace – Wikipedia
Music: Chicago, “Saturday in the Park”
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5. Serotonin and society
THE WAY OF PEACE
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The serotonin levels of the members of a community profoundly affect the degree of harmony and prosperity (shalom) in that community. Continue reading 5. Serotonin and society
Why racism no longer matters to me
The last straw for certain things came with a Baltimore Sun front page banner headline:
Skepticism, despair as killings continue
Residents question city response; Four day death toll stands at 12.
I anticipate no response from Julia Craven, Jenee Desmond-Harris, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Stacey Patton, or Brittney Cooper.[*]
What was the last straw?
In short, it’s time for me to stop concerning myself with racism and race.
Life course persistent offenders, …
… also known as psychopaths.
These individuals account for 1% of the general population, 25% of the prison population, and 50% of all crime. Put differently, 10% of the population commit 90% of the crime; but this one tenth of the criminals, commit five times as much crime.
Related: Loving the psychopath
Heather Weeden
This teen won’t go to prison, even after he hacked 50,700 computers
A landmark study
Stress in low-income families can affect children’s learning
I am very excited about this.
This is, as far as I know, the first study to attempt to measure the degree of chaos in the home.
The researchers in an earlier-mentioned study (Related: Poor children have smaller brains) speculated that “poor families tend to live more chaotic lives, and that stress could inhibit healthy brain development.” The current study seems to indicate that it is directly so.
As of this writing, my hypothesis has become as follows: the chaos of a growing child’s environment causes comparatively more resources to be devoted to the limbic system and less to the cerebral cortex, resulting in a body with reduced capacity to learn.
Related: A MUST-READ CONCERNING JUSTICE AND POVERTY
Related: Chaos overwhelms the poor
Related: Wisdom teaching in poor black homes
(Originally posted 2015-07-08; reblogged 10/13/16.)
Norms exist. Get over it.
Isn’t the expression, “differently abled” — ableist?
The costs of incarceration
Report: Sandtown-Winchester leads state in number of people incarcerated
This report provides real, hard numbers as to how much it actually costs to incarcerate someone.
It’s not a good idea.
See also: A negative return on investing in prisons
Originally posted 2015-04-15.
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