by Louise | 31 March 2016 | Current events and commentary |
Did you see my post “Why I can Laugh at a Traffic Stop“? Well, my friend Kris Keppeler, who’s a voice-over artist, narrated it and made a podcast of it! You can listen to it here, on her blog Does This Happen To You? Why I can Laugh at a Traffic Stop...
by Louise | 27 March 2016 | Encountering prejudice, Short Notes |
Reading time: 1 min. Kyle and I don’t get a lot of weird looks. Or hostile looks. But someone gave him a weird look this past Christmas Day. We went to the retirement home where my mother lives to have Christmas dinner. They serve a nice meal – and I don’t have to...
by Louise | 24 March 2016 | Chapters, Growing-Up Years, Short Notes |
The Central District in the Snow Reading time: 1 min. The Central District of Seattle used to be mostly if not exclusively African-Americans. I never, ever went to the Central District when I was growing up. I don’t know what I thought would’ve happened to me, but it...
by Louise | 20 March 2016 | Current events and commentary |
Stop in the Dark Reading time: 7 min. Last Wednesday, I got pulled over for making an illegal U-turn. As I drove away after, ticketless, I laughed at myself. I also reminded myself that I have the privilege of laughing after a traffic stop, because I’m a white woman....
by Louise | 17 March 2016 | Chapters, Essays |
Reading time: 3 min. Last Saturday, at the YMCA where I go to swim, there was a flyer on the front counter. It advertised the Fifth Annual Black Irish St. Patrick’s Day Heritage Celebration. Now, I was confused, because there is this term “black Irish,” which –...
