Leid Stories – 06.16.15

White Like Me: Race, Power and Privilege in America

In a hard-hitting presentation, Tim Wise, an anti-racism activist and writer, talks about white privilege and how it buttresses and perpetuates racial inequality and oppression in America.

Leid Stories – 06.12.15

Here We Are; We Are Here: A Reality Check on ‘Reform’ in America (Part 5)

Concluding this five-part series, Leid Stories looks at ways in which self-created social, political and economic systems immediately can be implemented and take effect.

Leid Stories – 06.10.15

Here We Are; We Are Here: A Reality Check on ‘Reform’ in America (Part 3)

In the third installment of this weeklong series, Leid Stories discusses power and powerlessness in America, and logic and illogic of power.

Leid Stories – 06.09.15

Here We Are; We Are Here: A Reality Check on ‘Reform’ in America (Part 2)

Continuing yesterday’s discussion, Leid Stories focuses on the need for self-created social, political and systems.

Leid Stories – 06.08.15

Here We Are; We Are Here: A Reality Check on ‘Reform’ in America

Claims of “progress” made and of “reforms” toward social, political and economic justice in America have fallen far short of the realities that confront us and the deep-seated issues that continue to haunt us as a nation. Yet, even the oppressed appear to have accepted the myth of “change.”

Leid Stories explains that social and legislative palliatives are designed to maintain, not change, America’s rigidly race-based culture.