Creating a Multicultural Nation Without Racism
"Little Brother" is a personal story of love and heartbreak. It is also a window into a world shaped by the intricate web of racism, guns, drugs, poverty, and violence.
If you care even the tiniest bit about understanding the world outside of your own privileged box, read "Little Brother." You'll be glad you did.
Marion Helland was known to her family as a teacher and a civil rights advocate, but the extent of her activism became more fully evident after her death. When she died, she left behind fifty boxes of memorabilia from her 91 years of life. Her nieces, Diana and Pam, studied, organized, and learned from the contents of these boxes, ultimately writing “Breaking Free From Rigid Boxes.”
“The Cult of the Constitution” is a very provocative discussion of the U.S. Constitution. Franks observes: “We are facing a continuing crisis of constitutional inequality. For more than two hundred years, the lion’s share of legislative, judicial, political, and social resources has been devoted to protecting the constitutional rights of white men above all others ... It is hardly surprising, then, that the picture of who holds power today does not look that different from 1787.” Her critique of the Constitution is convincing.