Summer is approaching AZ a little too fast. I did my best calculations and found in that one week where I don’t appear to have much going on before vacation season (read: no kids) begins. To that end, I’ve been making huge lists of stuff that needs to get done both on a daily and weekly basis. I learned by watching my partner. In a few hours she’ll be back from her mini-vacation, and I will get to see her. Looking forward to that. Looking forward to a lot in my life. That is why I am working hard to continue it.
Some Thoughts:
- Fast and the Furious is proof that we, as people of color, have made it in American society. Sure, black folks are the first you look to when you think about crime and danger (wouldn’t want to be in an alley with a brotha or let one approach your door, right?). Sure, Asians are still seen as sexually irrelevant math machines. Sure hispanics are viewed as loud and dangerous or colorful sexpots. All of these things are true, but if you consider how many Americans will go see a demonstrably bad movie just to grin at a bunch of colored folk (and not in the making fun of them way), then we’ve taken a step forward in some small measure. Just saying.