by Nell Green | Jul 28, 2020 | Opinion
Some of the everyday words we use have racist connotations. That was the focus of a July 7 article published by CNN, which asked readers to consider changing their vocabulary. I don’t disagree, except for one problem: Masters and slaves still exist. We still need the...
by Nell Green | Jun 15, 2020 | Opinion
The protests resulting from George Floyd’s asphyxiation by a white police officer arose just as COVID-19 measures were being loosened somewhat in Texas. So, my husband and I decided we would be as careful as possible and go to the protest here in Houston. I had...
by Nell Green | Jun 10, 2019 | Opinion
We were in an atelier where they made mosaic tables and other articles. Young boys were fashioning bricks and putting them into wood-burning kilns stretching their arms deep into the fiery furnace. Their arms bore the scars of burns and other accidents. Other boys sat...
by Nell Green | Dec 6, 2017 | Opinion
It is called “the door of no return.” It is a chilling site. Goree Island, off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, is notorious for the slave house that was the departure point for many slaves headed to North America during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. A gang...
by Nell Green | Aug 30, 2017 | Opinion
A truck parks in a Wal-Mart parking lot in San Antonio in July’s blistering heat. A man desperate for water makes it inside the store asking for a drink. It’s discovered that the truck is full of people. Eight are already dead, two more die later, and...
