Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Brian G (aka 'bumpyjonas') - he/him
Brian G (aka 'bumpyjonas') - he/him

2.1K Followers

Home

Lists

About

Pinned

Can America Ever Be ‘Free At Last’?

The country’s addiction to self-deception on race and racism is divisive and unsettling. — “Self deception: the action or practice of allowing oneself to believe that a false or unvalidated feeling, idea, or situation is true…” Truth & Freedom Every day is a chance for America, our country, to set a new path for itself. A chance to be honest, truthful, and once and for all, to…

History

5 min read

Can America Ever Be ‘Free At Last’?
Can America Ever Be ‘Free At Last’?
History

5 min read


Published in

AfroSapiophile

·Pinned

My Father’s Library

Counteract book bans the easy way: read and share great books — A culture of reading Father’s Day is just about here, and I pause to think of my father. His values on knowledge and reading are my guiding light these days. Such as, how do we stop and counteract all of this censorship nonsense and book banning? How? By promoting a culture of reading in…

Books

4 min read

My Father’s Library
My Father’s Library
Books

4 min read


Published in

The Brain is a Noodle

·Pinned

We, Poets, We, Lawyers

There are millions and we are all different — Roll Call — Reginald Dwayne Betts. Martin Espada. Monica Youn. Edgar Lee Masters. Lawrence Joseph. J.P. Howard. The list is long. Millions worldwide. Poets who are also lawyers. Lawyers who are also poets. It feels like it is not a fit but it is for me. Always fit. For many, like Evie Shockley…

Poetry

2 min read

We, Poets, We, Lawyers
We, Poets, We, Lawyers
Poetry

2 min read


Published in

thenext100

·Pinned

Dr. King’s “A Knock At Midnight”

My favorite guided spiritual meditation — Many nights, I listen to guided meditations to fall asleep. It is how I am wired. A soft voice to put me in the present and to focus on nothing at all but the immediate. It is how to live. No worries about tomorrow, yesterday, or some bill to pay…

Faith

2 min read

Dr. King’s “A Knock At Midnight”
Dr. King’s “A Knock At Midnight”
Faith

2 min read


Published in

AfroSapiophile

·Pinned

Who’s Afraid Of Critical Race Theory?

White Supremacists, Of Course. — “Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.” — Derrick Bell Way back in 1995, Derrick Bell, one of the key players in the Critical Race Theory movement, wrote about the attacks on the movement from many different ideological spectrums. This is back when CRT…

Civil Rights

9 min read

Who’s Afraid Of Critical Race Theory?
Who’s Afraid Of Critical Race Theory?
Civil Rights

9 min read


3 days ago

A Funk Reader (#1)

a literary collage on African-American culture and history — every poem always begins w/ sir joe q’s most famous: “i’ve got so much trouble on my mind…” my head back & forth like a cameo song… What is Funk? “…Funk music was the social protest discourse of the young Black poor and working-class community after the euphoria of the civil rights movement…

History

2 min read

A Funk Reader (#1)
A Funk Reader (#1)
History

2 min read


3 days ago

American Music and a Black Man From New Orleans

No matter what popular music you love, the answer is Louis Armstrong — Satchmo The most important popular musician in the history of American music is Louis Armstrong, a Black man from New Orleans. Tell that to Jann Wenner, the troubled and confused ex-publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine, who likely knows nothing of Armstrong’s gift to America as its most important popular musician. Armstrong…

Music

5 min read

American Music and a Black Man From New Orleans
American Music and a Black Man From New Orleans
Music

5 min read


5 days ago

What is Systemic Racism?

Florida’s Republican leadership needs to be schooled — Governor Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers in Florida do not believe systemic racism exists in the United States. It is one reason they have passed laws censoring African-American and American history. They are also censoring books on these topics to continue to conceal the country's real history on race matters. …

History

5 min read

What is Systemic Racism?
What is Systemic Racism?
History

5 min read


Sep 9

Milton Friedman, Eugenicist

Every Republican’s favorite economist was low down and bigoted behind the scenes. — With no sadness, I announce that Milton Friedman, the late supply-side economist, was a racist eugenicist. While Friedman was developing his wasteful neoliberal economic ideas in the U.S., he was also destroying any chance for more equal opportunity in public education for African Americans. It does makes sense too; Friedman…

Econ

5 min read

Milton Friedman, Eugenicist
Milton Friedman, Eugenicist
Econ

5 min read


Sep 8

American Baby

(an epigram) —

Poetry

1 min read

American Baby
American Baby
Poetry

1 min read

Brian G (aka 'bumpyjonas') - he/him

Brian G (aka 'bumpyjonas') - he/him

2.1K Followers

Lawyer for the poor. Poet. I love basketball and dark chocolate.

Following
  • Annelise Lords

    Annelise Lords

  • Caren White

    Caren White

  • Katie Michaelson

    Katie Michaelson

  • Malini

    Malini

  • Adrienne Beaumont

    Adrienne Beaumont

See all (4,135)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech

Teams