In the aftermath of the 1965 Watts Riot it was this The Los Angeles Free Press headline by the late, great Art Kunkin that captured the essence of a complex situation in only a few words. As a young white girl growing up in a segregated Southern California suburb, I saw on our TV how the community erupted after a contentious arrest by the South Central police. I didn’t understand why, why rioters were looting their stores, torching their buildings, and firing at police office

I was all set to do an interview on a radio station in Kentucky to promote my forthcoming book, An Unintentional Accomplice: A Personal Perspective on White Responsibility when the host canceled it. They said they just couldn’t do the interview with me. They had hoped for a useful discussion about Covid-19 and the racial impact, but the more they read about my ideas on white guilt and white privilege in my book, they just didn’t think it was a discussion they were interested

As the ebook version of my book, An Unintentional Accomplice, goes into production this week, COVID-19 is raging around the world. In addition to creating cross-sector, worldwide human suffering, the spread of the coronavirus in America is also exposing the vulnerability of a social safety net supposedly designed to aid and protect all Americans from hunger, poverty, and economic hardship. While the coronavirus is no respecter of socio-economic status, and each and every one

As a white woman, I would be way out of my lane to comment on the power of the black vote. So today I’m sharing a Super Tuesday segment aired this week at KARE-TV Minneapolis. Anchor Adrienne Broaddus did an interview during Black History Month with well known civil rights pioneer Josie Johnson. Now 90 years of age, Johnson risked her life in the 50s and 60s fighting for voting fairness. At the end of the previous BHM interview, Johnson posed a series of questions regarding t

February is Black History Month and the theme for this year is “African Americans and the Vote.” I have a suggested reading for you for Black History Month 2020. It’s a new book that just came out, The Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor. I attended a book event last night at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, CA and heard Taylor discuss her journey in researching and writing the book, as well as her views on its overarc