And Justice For All?
It has taken me a long while to sit down and write this blog. After George Floyds murder a long overdue wave took over our country. We were all forced to take a look at ourselves and our institutions. At first I was a bit frustrated. See, I had read all the books and knew most of the history. I read James Baldwin, Angela Davis, James McBride, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and many others. My closest friends were black. I have nephews and nieces, both Black and Latinix. But I am a middle aged white man, so I am the villain. Why me? Then I started doing a bit of soul searching. I am the villain. I started examining what I had failed to do on my journey. How had I perpetrated the alienation so many of the people I know were feeling. We all had to look inward and examine our actions or better yet, our lack of action. Did I fall in line and follow the herd? I represent people for a living. How can I represent actors of color in the way they are meant to be represe