Calling Audibles Part XXIII: The Anatomy of the Asterisk

iStock asterisk

“White people are accountable for the ways in which we fail to hear and understand the needs and claims that other communities make upon us… white learning [often] comes at the expense of those already multiply harmed by white interpersonal and structural failures in perception, sensitivity, and justice.” –Aana Marie Vigen, “To Hear and to Be Accountable” in disrupting White Supremacy From Within:  White People on What We Need to Do” UNC just can’t seem to help itself. They keep worsting themselves with the football fiasco.  Now Hakeem Nicks, the all time best receiver ever to put on the Carolina blue… Read the full post

Calling Audibles Part II: Seeing Right Through

iStock football uprights

It is better—much better—to have wisdom and knowledge than gold and silver.~Proverbs 16:16 Driving home from vacation this summer my husband John and I talked about him returning to work on the UNC football staff.  It had been just over a year since problems with the program came to light due to the NCAA investigation over improper benefits and academic fraud. The football season that was behind us had been uniquely stressful and sad for many at UNC.  The coaches and players worked hard to do the right thing, to learn, and to come together as a team.  It was… Read the full post