Keep It Sybil

I love to listen to true crime podcasts and watch true crime shows.  It isn't that I like to find out about crime but I like to know what the accused is going through and how they get treated and also what those around them are feeling.  Once my dad retired from the USAF, he went to work for SCDOC as a correctional officer for a couple of years before he moved on to handle the inmates mail and their canteen.  The thing about my dad was that he never judged.  He was also very steadfast in his beliefs and nothing could sway him from that.  NOTHING! In the 80's when he started working at the correctional facility, the inmates would be allowed to practice certain trades.  He would take his car and let them do certain mechanical work.  I also remember a very beautiful picture of my nephew made with colored pencils.  Once some of the guys got out he would offer them small tasks around our home to do also.  There was one summer my cousins and m...

This post is for my oldest child.  He is very adamant about there being such a thing as light-skinned privilege.  Well, as a light-skinned person, I have got a strong opinion about this subject.  If you read my posts then you may already know which side of the line I stand on.  If not here you go. First, let's talk about the divide between the lighter and darker skinned blacks.  Yes I am aware that this exists in many other cultures and races but I have the unique vantage point of being a light-skinned black.  It's a very old topic, house vs. field.  The lighter skinned were in the house and the darker ones in the field.  This isn't really a history lesson but I do like to incite thought so let's consider this for a minute.  If slaves were from the same place they were in general, the same shades of black.  That is just biology.  That throws the field vs. house theory out the window: at least for a generation.  There were def...