Tag: racism

  • Responding to racism

    09 Feb 2007 » 1 min read

    My problem is that when confronted by something that takes me completely by surprise, I can’t always guarantee that I will respond in a way that I am proud of. Take this morning for example. I needed some protein after my workout and so I went to McDonald’s to get their Deluxe Big Breakfast (I…

  • Racism vs. Reason

    06 Sep 2006 » 6 min read

    This afternoon, I got a “forwarded” email message from a cousin of mine that my spam filter marked as junk mail, but whose discretion I chose to ignore and read the message anyway. It was a mistake. The message, to me, seemed like a blatantly racist attack on illegal immegrants, particularly those from Mexico. Ordinarily,…