… is an attribute of blackness.
That is to say, in any given setting, if perhaps 20% of white people would display willful defiance, perhaps 30% of blacks would. The actual differences in proportion are probably much greater.
We will examine first the evidence that this is so, and then consider the ramifications for black prosperity.
I do intend the evidence to be exhausting.
Continue reading Willful defiance
This is not the same Danny I’ve referred to before.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
I’ve been moved into a hotel. I believe this pertains to COVID, which effectively halved the capacity of the shelter where I was. Once COVID is over, I will probably be moved back there, since its capacity will effectively double.
That’s if I don’t find normal housing first.
Continue reading Housing note
“I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
— Psalm 34:1
Related blog post: “The wrongest verse” revisited
Related blog post: Forgiving the cosmos
Toto, “99”
(1) Love
(2) Relationships
(3) Cross theology
I conceived this post many months ago, at a time when I did not find what I was hearing on Sunday mornings was meeting my needs or the needs I see in the community. Throughout this piece, I apprehend projecting my own needs onto the community. I might can’t help that.
We’re at war.
Ace, “How long”
Billy Joel, “Goodnight Saigon”
George S. Patton, “Through a glass, darkly”
All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all.
This text came to me last week; I must use in a forthcoming podcast or blog post.
This is the music ringing through my mind today. Continue reading Coronavirus
For that reason, and because I’m having exceptional problems with my tablet, I may be incommunicado awhile.
There are some posts in the pipeline, scheduled to appear in coming weeks.
I’ll be back as soon as I can.
