by Renita Alexander | Jan 6, 2021 | American Experiment
I do think it’s difficult for decent people to truly grasp immoral, evil behavior, even when it’s happening right in front of them. But it’s obvious that some Americans have been conditioned to believe evil looks a certain way, acts a particular way and is a...
by Renita Alexander | Nov 11, 2020 | Just Breathe...
My timeline around Veterans Day is always full of posts from vets, to include some I didn’t know had served in the military, as well as families of vets honoring their loved ones. One year, there was a post from a woman I respected discouraging people of color from...
by Renita Alexander | Nov 3, 2020 | American Experiment
I didn’t stay up to watch the 2016 election results; I had asked my daughter to alert me in case of the apocalypse. I know many didn’t see the election results in the same dire terms, but after watching the in-your-face racism, sexism, and ablism of the eventual...
by Renita Alexander | Oct 21, 2020 | American Experiment
I saw a clip from an interview with Mitch McConnell on Fox news discussing the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. In 2016, McConnell enraged Democrats by citing the upcoming election as a reason for refusing to even engage former President Barack...
by Renita Alexander | Aug 27, 2020 | Lead Yourself First
The filters through which we view our lives explain how we have such disparate views of the same experience. Because what we refer to reality is basically our perception of current events fueled by our past experience or what we interpreted from a past experience or...
