Stephen J. Matlock's Blog, page 16
October 21, 2019
Carefully Taught, Thoroughly Educated
You’ve Got to Be Taught You’ve got to be taughtTo hate and fear,You’ve got to be taughtFrom year to year,It’s got to be drummedIn your dear little earYou’ve got to be carefully taught. You’ve got to be taught to be … Continue reading →
I Am MLK Jr
A film from the Paramount Network. I was 13 when Dr. King was murdered. I could not comprehend what I was watching on TV from my safe, comfortable living room. The screen was too small, maybe, and my town was … Continue reading →
October 20, 2019
Walking in and out of Justice
Sometimes we can choose our inconveniences. I was watching a video late last night, far past midnight, and stopped about … More
October 14, 2019
A Place We Cannot Enter
This weekend Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed in her home. She was playing video games with her nephew. Last year Botham Jean was having a snack of ice cream when he was shot and killed in his home. A … Continue reading →
October 6, 2019
#WakingUpWhite Chapter 31: Courageous Conversations
Photo by nappy from Pexels Learning to listen and speak across differences Before I start into this chapter, I wanted to update this series on something that is related to this journey. I took part in some conversations this week, … Continue reading →
#WakingUpWhite Chapter 30: Courageous Conversations
Learning to listen and speak across differences Before I start into this chapter, I wanted to update this series on something that is part of this journey. I took part in some conversations this week, and one of them highlighted … Continue reading →
September 28, 2019
When We Don’t Want to Know
Ignorance is sometimes a lack of opportunity. We don’t have access to resources, including people and their lived experiences, to understand the width and depth of racism. I can understand that there might be such people, although in the connected … Continue reading →
September 24, 2019
Sliding Away from Relevancy
If you haven’t been tracking the news, there’s been a dust-up in the American Evangelical world. An influential publishing outfit that produces RELEVANT magazine has been having some of its more dysfunctional efforts and people come to light. You can … Continue reading →
September 23, 2019
What Is the Home That Shuts Its Doors to You?
I follow people in social media, and try hard to follow people who give me insight into their worlds that I don’t see. I follow people all over the world, mostly English speakers (but I throw in other languages and … Continue reading →
September 21, 2019
When You Fall
I write and edit for a living, and I write for fun. I have a few novels in progress, with one released (so far); I write short stories and poems; I develop short screenplays and radio scripts, some which have … Continue reading →
