by Hollye Dexter | Dec 16, 2014 | #BlackLivesMatter, compassion, Muslims, Peace, Peshawar massacre, racism, Societal Woes, Sydney Australia hostage crisis, tolerance
Yesterday, while watching the news unfold about the horrific hostage crisis and shooting by a madman in Sydney, Australia, I became concerned when CNN stated over and over that the shooter was a Muslim cleric. And today, with news of the massacre in Peshawar, I fear...
by Hollye Dexter | Jul 16, 2013 | George Zimmerman, racial profiling, racism, Societal Woes, Trayvon Martin
Today I turn my blog over to guest writer, Marquis Alexander. My husband Troy became friends with Marquis while the two of them were in an improv troupe. They spent a year laughing and performing together. Marquis is one of the funniest people I know. He is smart,...
by Hollye Dexter | Mar 30, 2012 | #BlackLivesMatter, evolution, gun control, Gun reform, President Obama, racism, reptilian complex, response to racism, Societal Woes, Trayvon Martin, tribalism
“I’m not a racist but…”Any time you hear that opening (and unfortunately, I have) you can be assured that person is a racist. No one admits to it. Not the tea party people with their hateful signs, not the elected officials who send out racial slurs in...
by Hollye Dexter | Aug 24, 2011 | Controversy The Help, Kathryn Stockett, racism, South, The Help, writing
The Help was one of those books I literally couldn’t put down (and it’s been a long time since I felt that way about a book). Then I saw the movie, and was so moved by it. So I am saddened to see such heated controversy surrounding it. In the book, Stockett...
by Hollye Dexter | Aug 13, 2010 | bigotry, comic relief, evolution, politics, racism, Societal Woes
Once upon a time Cavemen roamed the Earth. The first known human was the Neanderthal. But as the story goes, one day he evolved into the newer slicker model of human, Cro Magnon, and supposedly the Neanderthals all just…*poof*… disappeared. Or did they?Now mentally,...