Just some loose thoughts tonight as I gather my thoughts on a number of important issues to tackle in the coming week…
Some Thoughts:
- While many Americans see the hijab as a symbol of oppression of women and for some even a source of fear, perhaps it is worthwhile to consider that for those who are happily wearing the hijab they might feel oppressed and threatened by we who insist and direct them to remove these headwraps.
- Cats kill things, because they are cats. They also present said kills to their owners or, in the case of my son’s Skitty, leaves the dead around the house. Is it wrong to want to scold a cat?
- I am fully aware of out of practice I am in terms of romance, dating, etc. You’d think that as a writer I would have a better sense of these things. The opposite is true.
- Struggling with my summer classes. The way the system works is that I post announcements to update students on important information they need to know. These annoucements appear on the class page and go to their email. Still, somehow, many fail to read or notice the messages and as a result ask me all sorts of things they ought to know from the announcement. I don’t know that I even repeat myself this much with my kids… well, thats probably a lie. I repeat myself a lot with my kids.
- This website’s book The Color of Crime does an excellent job massaging and straight up mistelling statistics in order to paint a very negative picture of people of color without once looking at causal factors beyond genetics. Crime isn’t genetic. It is social.