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Before I get started, an apology is in order.
I know it's been a couple of months almost since my last post (and to the two of you who actually read this thing, thanks), and for that I'm sorry. I know I've missed out on discussing the holidays, insincere New Year's resolutions, The passing of Teena Marie, the tragedy in Tuscon, and so on. I think I had a thousand ideas during my hiatus about what to write. Given that it was mostly over the holidays and due to the nature of my profession, I guess it's kinda easy for me to sit back and make excuses for not churning out more product.
But if I did such a thing, this blog would be a complete waste of time to me, and absolutely worthless to you.
Blogs can be a refreshing, enlightening, and rewarding thing for the person putting them together. They can also be maddening hard and unforgiving. It's hard to consistently conjure up fresh perspectives on a variety of topics every single day. Sometimes you're metaphysically in tune with the ghost of Edward R. Murrow, but the trains of thought don't venture past the confines of your whimsical mind. Sometimes you get so caught up in resurrecting Shakespeare that your thoughts get lost in unnecessary verbiage. Sometimes it's just that others had said it as you would , maybe much better, and your two cents add little value to the discussion.
Sometimes I'll see what I thought to be a worthy issue, only to find that no one really cares.
Sometimes it's just plain old writer's block.
I guess what I'm trying to point out is, no matter the reason, I don't want to do this just to hear myself speak. I want to engage you in a meaningful dialogue, and encourage you to call me out if you think my positions are bullshit. so in the next few weeks, I'm going to challenge Susan Estrich's notion of school uniforms and put the haters of hip-hop on trial. I'm going to bring to your attention the struggle between diversity and choice in the second largest school district in my state, and point out how Wake County's situation may ultimately affect your children's education. I'll dredge up a few lines of what (little!) I've learned in my 35 years on planet Earth (yawn, I know), but I'm also dedicating most of February questioning why we continue to allow our history to become more and more irrelevant (perhaps because we're teaching it wrong, no?).
And ultimately, I'll be writing for and about you. And me. Us. That's a privilege and a responsibility I do not take lightly. So while there may be gaps here and there between posts, I respectfully ask that you bear with me. It's only because I want to put out the best writing possible, and if you are willing to take the time to participate in this blog, and maybe share with your friends what one black man has to say, the I owe you no less than my very best.
Even now, there's a lot of ground that I want to cover in a very short time. But with your help, I'll get there.
Thank you for listening.
