Tag: discrimination

• Lincoln to King: the next Great Emancipator

  A river of emotion swells in me as a little-girl version of my voice overflows, singing with the marchers who are on their way to the Lincoln Memorial for a celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves, and “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” We…

  Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

  February 11, 2014

  Social Justice

  19th century, discrimination, economic disparity, equity, freedom, history, Martin Luther King Jr, privilege, segregation

• See People, Share

  In the Introduction to his blog, Dennis Cardiff wrote: “I have come to know many people, now friends, who for various reasons are, or were, homeless… What has been seen cannot be unseen.” via Introduction to Gotta Find A Home Dennis reminded me that I used to shut my eyes to people who begged on…

  Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

  January 10, 2014

  Social Justice

  charity, discrimination, economic disparity, homeless, privilege, respect

• Thanksgiving Days

  When I was in college, each time that I drove on the interstate highway past a certain Indian reservation, I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t see it. I repeatedly looked at maps to verify that I was looking in the right place. I could not see teepees anywhere. Watercolor painting by Karl Bodmer 1832-1834 This…

  Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

  November 28, 2013

  Customs, Social Justice

  agriculture, discrimination, equity, Haudenosaunee, history, Indians, indigenous, most popular, Onondaga, respect, seasons, tradition, treaties