Klox and Katz Ink
Clockwise Cat Issue 38, aka Klox and Katz Ink, is dripping with delightful decoration of the Verse, Visual, reView and inVective variety! Poems exploding from our inkwells include those from authors Mary Newell, Jeri Thompson, Heath Brougher, Featured Femme Tara Roeder, Holly Day, AJ Huffman, Daniel Crocker, Ken Allan Dronsfeld, Austin Alexis, Judith Huang, CL Bledsoe. Further bursting forth from our inky loins are satires and rants by Steven Singer, Jon Wesick, Fred White, Selah Grenewood, Eric Suhem, Joshua Hall. And our canvas is positively bleeding visuals by the eminent talents Sheila Murphy and Bob Heman, plus collages and photomanipulations by Nelly Sanchez, Erica Olson, and Seigar. But wait - there's more! Our pages are sticky with the reviews of the latest CDs by Kendrick Lamar and Run The Jewels, as well as appraisals of recently released flix Kedi, Detroit and Julieta. We even showcase an interview with the AfroSurreal Writers of Oakland, California! So whaddya waitin' fer? Get thee to the inkery! www.clockwisecat.com
Clockwise Cat Issue 38, aka Klox and Katz Ink, is dripping with delightful decoration of the Verse, Visual, reView and inVective variety!
Poems exploding from our inkwells include those from authors Mary Newell, Jeri Thompson, Heath Brougher, Featured Femme Tara Roeder, Holly Day, AJ Huffman, Daniel Crocker, Ken Allan Dronsfeld, Austin Alexis, Judith Huang, CL Bledsoe. Further bursting forth from our inky loins are satires and rants by Steven Singer, Jon Wesick, Fred White, Selah Grenewood, Eric Suhem, Joshua Hall. And our canvas is positively bleeding visuals by the eminent talents Sheila Murphy and Bob Heman, plus collages and photomanipulations by Nelly Sanchez, Erica Olson, and Seigar. But wait - there's more! Our pages are sticky with the reviews of the latest CDs by Kendrick Lamar and Run The Jewels, as well as appraisals of recently released flix Kedi, Detroit and Julieta. We even showcase an interview with the AfroSurreal Writers of Oakland, California! So whaddya waitin' fer? Get thee to the inkery! www.clockwisecat.com
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At most, we had become less confrontational in recent years, but we never really<br />
changed our core values, our social structures, who has power <strong>and</strong> who does not.<br />
During my lifetime, people started to equate having a black President with the end<br />
of racism. Somehow they ignored the everyday reality for most black people.<br />
They ignored the constant prejudice against the poor, the continued bigotry against<br />
LGBTs, the Islamophobia, the increase in hate crimes.<br />
If there has been any change during the past eight months, it hasn’t been with the<br />
degree to which Americans are prejudiced. It’s the degree with which we’re<br />
willing to hide it.<br />
Whereas before racists would claim to be colorblind, that their actions were<br />
completely devoid of racial bias, today they sigh <strong>and</strong> repeat the dusty slogans of<br />
Jim Crow Alabama or 1930s Berlin.<br />
And somehow people are actually surprised about this. It’s because too many of us<br />
have swallowed the lies about living in a post-racial society. You thought we were<br />
beyond all that. It was a brave new world, morning in America, <strong>and</strong> we were<br />
finally treating everyone equally – unless you looked at what we were actually<br />
doing.<br />
Mainly this is the reaction you get from white people. They rub their eyes <strong>and</strong> just<br />
can’t believe it.<br />
You don’t see this too often from people of color, Muslims, LGBTs <strong>and</strong> some<br />
Jews. Why? Because they never had the luxury to ignore it.<br />
That’s what we white folks have been doing since the beginning. Whenever these<br />
issues come up, we have a knee jerk reaction to minimize it.<br />
Things aren’t that bad. You’re just blowing it out of proportion.<br />
But, no. I’m not. That’s why you’re so damn shocked, son.You haven’t been<br />
looking reality square in the face.<br />
So when we’ve got undeniable video footage of angry white males (mostly)<br />
marching through Southern streets br<strong>and</strong>ishing swastikas <strong>and</strong> assault rifles, it<br />
catches many white folks off guard. They’re not prepared for it – because they<br />
haven’t been doing their homework.
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