i’m a simple man by Nature
from my “subject position” or point of view Don’t Compare Identify
Point Dume
The drive to Point Dume, like Joe, is astounding. That’s one of my words. If Joe was telling this story, he’d say a lot of things in a different way, like: I can’t tell you how many times I drove out there that week! He’d slap his face like Jack Benny and you’d wonder how somebody could look so innocent and capable of violence all at once. Astounding, isn’t it? The way his voice eats up the can’t-tell part and growls away with a moan of a laugh. That’s Joe and that’s Point Dume.
Omar and the Magic Jew
Is Ilhan Omar an anti-Semite? I don’t know. I can tell you that some of the things she’s written and said resonate with anti-Semitic tropes, and those who deny it should know that very well. But Omar may not have understood why images of Jews as disloyal, unjustly wealthy, or vested with magic powers that can “hypnotize the world” are bigoted. After all, she spent the formative years of her youth in Somalia, where such ideas linger below the surface of awareness.
(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
First contributor Ty Geltmaker steered your editor to “The Life of Gad Beck”—a graphic biography of a gay Jewish hero who fought Nazis in Germany during World War II (and survived). (The image below is from the body of the work…)
Fed Up and Fired Up: William Barber’s Latest Acts of Witness
Rev. Barber got hot during his Martin Luther King Day address at Tennessee State University. About 19 minutes into his sermon, he ripped Vice President Pence for equating King’s agenda with Trump’s and called out G.O.P. politicians, including Tennessee’s governor, Bill Lee, who was sitting directly behind him. Barber took off his coat then, signifying he was warmed up. A couple minutes later, he amped up his truth attacks again. (Click on 28:40 below if your time is tight.)
