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About David Whitfield

http://www.theblackrascal.com
I am a very strong believer in social justice. I believe we citizens should share the burdens, advantages, and disadvantages as equitably as possible. That means we should restart the draft; that way we can share the war pains. It also means that we would not approach war as capriciously as we do. All classes of different social economic statuses would have the opportunity to serve and share.

Exceptionalism II—What’s Happening to our Water

January 31st, 2014 | Posted by David Whitfield in Economic Justice - (3 Comments)

Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink Samuel Taylor Coleridge—“The Rime of the Ancient Marnier” (1798) You’re sitting in your living room and suddenly you remember to take your medication; you head to the kitchen, turn on the water faucet—nothing happens—not one drop of water. …
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Are We Really Exceptional? Part I

October 30th, 2013 | Posted by David Whitfield in Social Justice - (2 Comments)

Ah, America’s dance with Exceptionalism! Exceptionalism to me means special, erudite, or wise, not mean, insolent, arrogant, or conceited, pretentious. Being number one does not always ensure wisdom or brilliance. In my view, we fall under the notable and remarkable references as we hold the number one position as jailer of the world. According to …
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The Power of Conversation with Children: Education is Social Justice

July 31st, 2013 | Posted by David Whitfield in Educational Justice - (2 Comments)

For Schools in general and Parents in Particular   Why is it that some children hear only 600 or fewer words per hour from their parents? And what are the academic and developmental consequences of hearing such few words per hour? If you don’t know the power of conversation with your children, then perhaps you …
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Leadership, Christianity, and Social Justice

May 31st, 2013 | Posted by David Whitfield in Economic Justice | Social Justice - (9 Comments)

Leadership, Christianity, and Social Justice Have you ever wondered about the relationship among leadership, Christianity, and social justice? These constructs mean different things to different people. Leadership may mean overseeing others, being out front, spouting orders, getting done what the leader wants done. To me, it means a process of inclusion, collaboration, participation. Christianity on …
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Racial Entitlements vs. White Privileged Entitlements

March 18th, 2013 | Posted by David Whitfield in Racial Justice - (4 Comments)

Why does racism persist and leadership abstains? I realize that this blog is a bit salty; but as long as we have law officers (justices), Agents, supremacists, dominant, privileged, oppressors, social justice will be impossible for all. When Justice Scalia uttered “voting as a racial entitlement,” I kept thinking of the meaning of it. I …
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We the People–Not We the Party

January 30th, 2013 | Posted by David Whitfield in Economic Justice | Political Justice - (0 Comments)

We the People—Not We the Party A Call for Political and Economic Justice Part I   “We are our choices.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre   I just want to talk about what I see, feel, and think. Our republic is led by those who have neither the skills nor the will to lead; either they are …
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Our Dysfunctional Education Systems Affect Economic Justice

December 1st, 2012 | Posted by David Whitfield in Economic Justice - (5 Comments)

Your Education is worth what you are worth. Anon Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. Bertrand Russell Whatever happened to our school systems since the first school was built April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts, has adversely affected our communities, our economy, and our nation. Yet we rave about …
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America’s Human and Race Relations: Where is the Leadership? Why the Social Injustice?

October 28th, 2012 | Posted by David Whitfield in Racial Justice | Social Justice | Uncategorized - (4 Comments)

We’re Not as Exceptional as We Think Imagine a little boy watching his pregnant mother pushed to the ground by a tobacco-chewing, White row-walker, on a plantation in the Mississippi Delta. We’ll return to the plantation later.   Right now, I am furious. And I write this blog with rage and revulsion. I am distressed …
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Declining Dominance, Privilege, and Patriarchy: Threats to Global Justice

September 19th, 2012 | Posted by David Whitfield in Economic Justice | Global Justice - (1 Comments)

Threats to Global, Social, Distributive, and Economic Justice   People are created to be loved. Things are created to be used. The reason the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used. —Aimi Razman   How do we explain the protests in the Middle East and other parts …
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Gender Justice vs. Misogyny

August 25th, 2012 | Posted by David Whitfield in Mysogyny - Hatred of Women - (4 Comments)

Who in the hell do they think they are, trying to control women’s bodies? And they call themselves leaders!?   Why do men brazenly abridge the rights of women? I believe because many men are misogynists—haters of women. Jack Holland states in his book Misogyny, when it comes to men: “This is what makes misogyny …
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