A collection of clippings on #HigherEd, jobs and policy | Blog#42

Following are clippings from articles written about the state of higher education in the US Continue reading A collection of clippings on #HigherEd, jobs and policy | Blog#42

UPDATED: White, non-white neoconservative swagger and #BLM | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42

All politicians must now pass the BLM test, without exception. Continue reading UPDATED: White, non-white neoconservative swagger and #BLM | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42

Precariat: a new social class in America’s new normal | #Economics on Blog#42

I’ve been writing and commenting on the new economy for the better part of the last six years. Continue reading Precariat: a new social class in America’s new normal | #Economics on Blog#42

#BlackLivesMatter has always mattered to me. The #Facts too! | Blog#42

There is a first time for everything. This is the first time I publish profanity. After reading “White Bernie Sanders supporters should talk less and listen more to BlackLivesMatter activists,” by Joshua Holland, I have something to say to  him and all the others who, like him, presume to have the authority to tell the rest of us how to think and feel for ourselves. Before I start, I’ll note that it takes a special kind of chutzpah to call oneself a democrat and pull that kind of stunt… Continue reading #BlackLivesMatter has always mattered to me. The #Facts too! | Blog#42

Look at me | #Writing about #race on Blog#42

Look at me.
I mean, get really close and look.
I don’t fit into your book?
But you see
I have no book
In spite of the way I look

I am neither white, nor brown, or Black
Too brown
Not brown enough
To whites, not white enough
White to  everyone else
But other to all
I am all and I am nothing

An Ay-Rab to one uncle
To another, too much of a Jew

My grievances?
Criticized, minimized
My thoughts?
Reduced as invalid
Derided as of the privileged
My affection?
Pushed away
My pain
What pain?

Look at me!
Really look at me.
See me?