On Vacation? Vacation???? No more.
I turned in my sabbatical report yesterday about 4:50 p.m. It was "Due" before returning for the semester. So, true to my style, I waited until offices were nearly closed for the day, the last afternoon before my first duty day back! Actually, there's good reason for...
Shiloh
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor This is the last book review of my sabbatical semester. This review is actually being written in the morning of January 7, the day I will turn in my sabbatical report because spring semester resumes for faculty tomorrow, January 8....
Long Walk to Freedom
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” ―...
Apartheid of the Heart–why studying South Africa is so important
Townships exist in every urban area of South Africa, and a version exists in most rural areas, too. Townships are the legacy of apartheid. Apartheid means “separateness” in Afrikaans. When segregation was forced because the Afrikaner government under the Nationalist...
I Write What I Like
" The most potent weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." - Steve Biko As is obvious by earlier posts, I hold Steve Biko in hero status as high as almost any other man or woman I've studied. I Write What I Like is a compilation of Steve...
The Woods family and Steve Biko
I came across these photos of the Woods family and of Donald Woods and Steve Biko, and I just had to include them. The first is titled "Activist Wendy Woods who fought against apartheid with her husband Donald" The second is of Donald woods and Steve Biko together.
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