writingirishtx - Tumblr blog

[writingirishtx]

The Silence - - the legacy of childhood trauma (must read)

The Silence – – the legacy of childhood trauma (must read)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/16/the-silence-the-legacy-of-childhood-trauma/amp?__twitter_impression=true

[writingirishtx]

It's (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech

It’s (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech

[writingirishtx]

A Modest Proposal: #ProtectTheTruth – George Lakoff – Medium

This is about ideas and language in our politics, and who controls them. This about more than just one president — it’s about the Republican Party and authoritarians everywhere who seek to destroy the truth and attack the public good. https://medium.com/@GeorgeLakoff/a-modest-proposal-protectthetruth-c7c32713f827

[writingirishtx]

18 Thought-Provoking Questions that Will Free Your Mind in 2018

[writingirishtx]

My Texas neighbors

Although businesses are stepping up, please keep in mind that those who cannot do now can do something later. Every little amount of your time and donations are needed now or later, one hour or one dollar. Please give locally first. Here’s some good things happening… Gallery Furniture, a Houston-based chain store, opened two of its nearby locations to residents seeking shelter. HEB Grocery, which…

[writingirishtx]

Mrs NewWithTags, the Volunteer

Mrs NewWithTags, the Volunteer

I witnessed a little white privilege in action tonight while packing and sorting items for Hurricane Harvey evacuees.  There are literally 500 bags of stuff left to open, sort and repack and the pile is growing by the hour with not enough hands to sort by more than gender/adult/child. It’s overwhelming in a good way, and it’s exhausting. I entered the garage, which is hot. It is August in Texas…

[writingirishtx]

Owning What Happened

When people say removing statues is erasing history, I ask the same question this article poses: where are the statues of the lives lost? Where is the victory celebration for 1865 and its winners? Where is the honor for those who rose despite great challenges? Until we acknowledge all of our history, celebrating some of it is part of why our nation is so one sided. We only hear about one side. We…

[writingirishtx]

Whitewashing American History

Civil War statues in America are a hot conversation right now amid a national movement to remove them from public spaces.  So when I saw a link to an article from the Scotsman that depicted a statue of William Wallace, and a friend commented — with mild mockery — saying how shocking it was that no one was revolting in Scotland over this loser’s statue….. it got me thinking about our Civil War…

[writingirishtx]

Dear White People ...

Dear White People …

Dear White People: If the only time you remark or share information about Black people is to show black people in a negative light, stop it. This shows that you have a lack of relationships with people of quality that also happen to be people of color.   And if the only time you share remarks of notable black people is to shame other black people, stop it. Both of these actions are racial fear…

[writingirishtx]

Timeline of Confederate Monument Placement - 150 years of Jim Crow

Timeline of Confederate Monument Placement – 150 years of Jim Crow

Source: whoseheritage-timeline150_years_of_iconography.jpg (4800×2515)

[writingirishtx]

Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy? Because our textbooks and monuments are wrong. - The Washington Post

Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy? Because our textbooks and monuments are wrong. – The Washington Post

False history marginalizes Americans and makes us all dumber. Source: Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy? Because our textbooks and monuments are wrong. – The Washington Post

[writingirishtx]

Study Says White Extremists Have Killed More Americans in the U.S. Than Jihadists Since 9/11

http://amp.timeinc.net/time/3934980/right-wing-extremists-white-terrorism-islamist-jihadi-dangerous/?source=dam

[writingirishtx]

Don’t Be a Sucker : U.S. War Department : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive Anti Nazi Educational Film from the US War Dept (Free download) Source: Don't Be a Sucker: U.S. War Department: Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

[writingirishtx]

10 Ways to Fight Hate (SPLC)

10 Ways to Fight Hate (SPLC)

https://www.splcenter.org/20170814/ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide 1. Act 2. Join Forces 3. Support the Victims 4. Speak Up 5. Educate Yourself 6. Create An Alternative 7. Pressure Leaders 8. Stay Engaged 9. Teach Acceptance 10. Dig Deeper  

[writingirishtx]

Watch “UVA Prof on UVA’s Historical Ties to KKK & White Nationalist Alums Richard Spencer & Jason Kessler” on YouTube

[writingirishtx]

Charlottesville

When I talk about race and African Americans as I often do, I now come from a place of shock and shame. I come from that place because I graduated from college last year, late in life, with a degree in American Studies and found myself deeply shocked by how invisible white privilege had influenced my life.  I felt tremendous shame over my profound level of ignorance of large segments of our…

[writingirishtx]

What a presidential president would say about Charlottesville

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/what-a-presidential-president-would-have-said-about-charlottesville/2017/08/12/9f1ffec6-7fa4-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html