Trayvon Martin – John Backman

A Starting Point on Race for White People, Maybe

By admin|2013-07-22T07:48:11-04:00July 22nd, 2013|Dialogue and Current Events, Dialogue and Language, Dialogue and Media, Practical Steps Toward Dialogue|

Maybe it’s that I’m reading Alice Walker’s incredible The Color Purple just as the commentary around Trayvon Martin has taken center stage again. Whatever the reason, the loud, angry cacophony about race in America has [...]

Trayvon Martin: Being Present to Paradox

By admin|2012-03-31T06:38:49-04:00March 31st, 2012|Dialogue and Current Events|

This is my third attempt at a post about the Trayvon Martin tragedy. Everything I write seems presumptuous. There are already too many voices raised, too many fleeting shards of news and rumor and innuendo [...]