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Why You Are NOT the Party of Lincoln

In Commentary / Opinion by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

Ideologically speaking, the modern-day Republican party is not the party of Lincoln. In fact, they couldn’t be more opposite. While Republicans certainly don’t have a monopoly on White Supremacy, they most certainly have an undeniable appeal to those who openly …

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Boiled Peanuts

In Commentary / Opinion, Race/Society by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

The Confederate flag is back in the news again. NASCAR announced on Wednesday June 10, 2020 that it would ban the confederate flag at its properties. NASCAR said in a statement, “Bringing people together around a love for racing and …

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Cousins by Blood, Friendship by Choice

In Commentary / Opinion by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

Tonight my family and I were dinner guests at Wavering Place, an old plantation founded in 1768 near Hopkins, South Carolina where four generations of my grandmothers lived and worked as slaves when they were emancipated in 1865. The reason …

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White Identity & Shame of Poverty

In Commentary / Opinion by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

Carl Jung said that shame is a soul eating emotion. In his New York Times opt Ed piece, Raising A Moral Child, contributor Adam Grant explained why Carl Jung wrote that about shame. The difference between shame and guilt is …

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Unfriended

In Commentary / Opinion by NKROO-muh STOO-erd

Recently a colleague of mine “unfriended” me from Facebook and refuses to speak to me or even acknowledge me when I am in their presence, all because they discovered that we hold diametrically opposing views on the subject of homosexuality. I …