About ten years ago I wrote:
I find that I am bracing for a very ugly debate which will only serve to associate all of my Hispanic friends with the evils of drug trade from the south of our federal border.
I can just imagine how racism will attempt to cloak itself in the “stars and stripes”, as it seeks some sort of national justification.
Continue reading →The expression “right to life” in abortion discussions is very potent. Although popularized by Pope Pius XII in 1951, the phrase currently brings to mind the modern ultra-sound image of the unborn. Pro-Life advocates would view the premature removal of … Continue reading →
Continue reading →From age 14-21 Larry worked at his uncle’s grocery store which served Charlotte’s first housing project.
Larry’s experiences there allowed him to transcend the segregation of the city, and step into a culture not his own.
To this day, these memories are fond and impactful.
Continue reading →As Deacon of Multicultural Ministry in a well-established Charlotte church, I take my mission very seriously. Yet as a Christian traumatized by the overt racism in my land, I often don’t know where to begin. One year ago I could … Continue reading →
Continue reading →For those of us who advocate discretion and compassion when dealing with families with an undocumented member, the emphasis on “enforcing the law” rings hollow.
In this “country of law”, there will always be a law to enforce.
Yet historically our laws have often been a way to codify some form of white supremacist dogma, as evidenced by the immigration hardliners such as Representative Steve King.
Continue reading →When speaking before white folk, our black citizenry often feel forced to de-emphasize the fact and effects of our history regarding the “slave caste” upon which our new nation rested.
Their concern — that white folks are often in denial and just don’t want to hear about it — has validity. However, it is possible for one to be too accommodating.
Dr. Ben Carson, our new African American Secretary of HUD, shocked our country this week with his assertion that his ancestors were somehow inconvenienced immigrants nonetheless motivated by the American Dream.
Continue reading →Larry is committed to the “Greater We”, embracing and celebrating our nation’s diverse backgrounds and cultural histories.
However, raised during the 50’s and 60’s, strict racial segregation was a way of life in the South.
As Black History Month ends, Larry recalls a time of “we-they thinking” in this honest, confessional reflection of his formative years, believing that there is much to be learned from the past, as long as we are not willing to repeat it.
Continue reading →Larry opens his heart on behalf of the status of immigrant families now victimized by an environment of fear and hate.
Continue reading →“A friend and former co-worker recently asked, “Larry, are you really afraid of Donald Trump?
Larry tries to embrace the “Greater We” as he considers the tenor of the Trump Campaign. Continue reading →This is a “repost” of a blog originally posted in 2010. A registered Republican for over 30 years, Larry (now unaffiliated) still wonders about the future of the GOP.
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