by Jane Fried | Oct 22, 2021
Most adults realize that decisions are rarely simple either/or choices. The best list of “pro’s and con’s always includes some little element that doesn’t fit neatly on either side. For example, you might like one specific brand of automobile, but your favorite brand...
by Jane Fried | Oct 21, 2021
This is a 10 minute description of CRT , what it is and why it matters. This is about learning more about American history, not about scaring or blaming...
by Jane Fried | Jan 25, 2021
Under rocks And deep in caves Dark terror and Dark terrorists ( who often appear pale and white), Stalked by their own shadows Of fear that blossoms into hate Killing outside what Cannot be killed inside Without killing yourself. Emerging from the darkness Beckoned by...
by Jane Fried | Jan 7, 2021
Yesterday a Confederate flag was paraded through the Capitol Rotunda. People from all over the United States invaded the heart of the American government. Many were armed. They trashed offices and forced members of the Senate into lockdown. They were trying to stop...
by Jane Fried | Sep 17, 2020
Americans culture is based on binary constructs – either/or, male/female, white/ black. Our legal and political systems are binary- either you win or lose; you are a Republican or a Democrat. No significant third parties, spaces in the middle or shades of grey. If we...
by Jane Fried | Sep 17, 2020
“White America is arrayed …to protect its exclusive power to control and dominate…The power of domination and exclusion is central to the belief of being ‘white,’ and without it ‘white people’ would cease to exist for want of reasons (Ta-Nehisi Coates in Between the...
