💯 Black History Matters

Black History is NOT Critical Race Theory... It is American History!

🇺🇸 In A Perfect America, But For Who?

I found something interesting on Pinterest last night that I decided to share on my blog today. As you can see from the scrolling GIF, the images are mock-up vintage ad posters for Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Skype, Twitter, and YouTube. I'm sure they were intended to be a harmless and humorous look at how these media giants would have been promoted back in the day, if they actually existed many years ago.

Unfortunately, most white people will probably view the posters and see absolutely nothing wrong with them. But, for any person of color, even though we may see the same humor in the ads as white people, most of us will also notice they are lacking cultural and racial diversity. Why? Because, with the exception of the Google ad, there are absolutely no persons of color in any of them, which continues to perpetuate the false illusion that we didn't and/or don't exist in mainstream society.

Even if this oversight wasn't done on purpose, we know that it represents what some white people demand, expect, or want America to be—totally devoid of all persons of color. So, this is just one more example of how certain "patriots" refuse to understand that things like this do not accurately represent the true diversity of the country and how it actually looks. Whether you choose to acknowledge our existence or not, people of color are here and we're NOT going anywhere.

No matter how harmless and humorous the posters appear to be, they totally ignore that reality and this way of thinking needs to change if we're ever going to exist together in peace. A country divided by culture, politics, race, religion, etc. will not stand and America is no exception to that rule. We must learn how to accept one another and reject the negative forces that divide us, or we will have no future. Period.

🥳 Time Flies

Seems like the new year just came in and I hung this calendar a few days ago. Can't believe we'll be crossing over into February tomorrow. Loved looking at the Tabby Cat for January because it brought back a lot of fond memories of my tabby, Pebbles. Looks just like her!

😇 #MotivationMonday

🧩 Better Late Than Never

Yesterday was National Puzzle Day and I confess it's not one of my personal gifts. But, it occurred to me today that I missed an opportunity to spotlight this beautiful puzzle that was done by my daughter 25 years ago when she was a teenager. It's a 1,000 piece 3-D puzzle of the Notre Dame Cathedral. It was finished in about 10 days and since she worked so hard on it, I promised to keep it forever. It's been sitting safely on top of my China cabinet in the dining room ever since.

😇 Scripture of the Day

Be blessed, get some rest, and happy Sunday!

☃ Philly Weather Report

1st Nor'easter of 2022! 16 Degrees! WCF 0! Stay Warm!

The View Through The Looking Glass 3:00pm Update!

🧩 It's National Puzzle Day!

Calling All Puzzle Lovers... Enjoy Your Day!

🤔 Things That Make You Go Hmmm...

CNN.COM

Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Ahead of
President Biden City Visit to Talk Infrastructure

☃️ Weather Report

Woke-up this morning to the news that Philly is expecting its first Nor'easter this evening through Saturday evening, and it's coming behind the snow that already fell this morning. Several inches of accumulation is possible... #WSW

⏳ #TBT Lost & Found

I was 12 years old, but 2 months away from my 13th birthday. Back in the day, some adults referred to this period of life as the "in-betweens" or "tweens". The left is the original and it was taken at a studio in Newark, NJ when I was visiting my aunt during the summer of 1971. The right is a colorized copy.

😇 #ThankfulThursday

🤔 #WordlessWednesday

😇 #TransformationTuesday