I repost a Toni Morrison essay on the importance of black men asserting their worth.
Tag Archives: violence
Top Post of 2014: Black Lives Matter
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Eric Garner, Ferguson, killings of black men, Michael Brown, racism, Song of Solomon, Tamir Rice, Toni Morrison Comments closed
“Everybody Wants a Black Man’s Life”
Toni Morrison’s “Song of Solomon” offers a vision of hope for targeted black teens.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged gun violence, Jordan Davis, Michael Dunn, Stand Your Ground, Toni Morrison, Trayvon Martin Comments closed
America’s Heart of Darkness Beginnings
America’s bloody beginnings are part of who we still are.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Colonia America, colonization, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, U. S. history, Wayne Karlin, Wished For Country Comments closed
Syrian Violence vs. Our Humanity
Galloway’s “Cellist of Sarajevo” gives a face to the victims of violence.
Lit’s Role in the Decline of Violence
The empathy fostered by novel reading may have played a role in the decline of violence.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Daniel Defoe, Elaine Scarry, Henry Fielding Tom Jones, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Moll Flanders, Pamela, Samuel Richardson, Steven Pinker Comments closed
Vigilante Films Responsible for Trayvon?
Trayvon Martin’s death has Americans rethinking the vigilante film.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Clint Eastwood, Death Wish, Gran Torino, John Ford, John Wayne, Martin Scorcese, Taxi Driver, Trayvon Martin, Vigilantism Comments closed
Syria’s Massacre of the Innocents
Updating Herod’s slaughter of the innocents, Scott Bates imagines a soldier who takes a principled stand and refuses to participate.
The Perfection and Poetry of Tyrants
W. H. Auden’s chilling “Epitaph on a Tyrant” matter-of-factly shows the deadly but seductive simplicity that characterizes dictators like Qaddafi and Assad.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Arab Spring, Bashar al-Assad, Dictators, Muammar Qaddafi, W. H. Auden Comments closed
Can Humanitarians Stop Violence?
The Oscar-winning film “In a Better World” explores how to respond to the world’s violence in an authentic and uncompromising way.
