Posts Tagged ‘Nigger’

Nig*@# Please! (Talking the “N-word” with Oteil Burbridge)

Oteil Burbridge is an internationally renowned bass-guitar funkmeister who plays just about anywhere with just about anybody when he’s not busy touring as the bassist with the Allman Brothers Band. We recently sat down to converse about Huck Finn, the “N-word,” and other such things. Bert:...

February 4th, 2011 | Arts, Featured, Music | Read More

A Stream-of-(Honky)-Consciousness (Ode to Race, Part 3)

The first two installments of this series involved sharing experiences of my mother and father who were born and raised in pre-Civil-Rights-era Mississippi. This is a broad, personal observation, coming from a white man born and raised in the aftermath of the 1960s Civil-Rights-era in the South. This...

January 20th, 2011 | Blog | Read More

Family, Friends and Race (Ode to Race, Part One)

This was written on January 23, 2009, in light of the events surrounding the inauguration of the first African American as President of the United States. I had been reflecting quite a bit on my own 40 years of life in the post-Civil Rights-Era South. This is the first of three musings on race and faith. I...

January 18th, 2011 | Blog | Read More