by Fred Nicholson | Feb 22, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
a Shameful ApologyCalifornia has just apologizedfor imprisoning the Japanese.Descendants of the prisonersspeak their Mother tongue,know their cultural history,and visit their homeland.Where is the American apologyto descendants of African slaves?When a people are...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 12, 2020 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
a White friend was expressing how upset he wasby the burning and looting and random violencebeing displayed by the thugs fighting our police.He noted that calm protests and talking is best.I gave his comments consideration and then said,when has talking peace and...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 12, 2020 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
a Loose Ramble.White folks saystop blaming slaveryfor your looting and burninglocal businesses to the ground.Black folks all knowfrom day one chainedflogged branded rapedbeaten to death just because,complying with youwould build your wealthand self value as a...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 12, 2020 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Fredisms, Stories
You believe that?”We’re all in this together.”That’s what they saywhen we return from their warsmissing minds and limbssince early slavery daysbeing shunnedfor being dark.Yeah,we’re all in this,but not together.f
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 12, 2020 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
Voting fraud. Really?What amazes me is howwe will create a storyto affirm our needs.”If those colored people vote, we will certainly lose, so stop them with all means we have in our arsenal.”“With all means in any way we can, in a land of free and pale...
by Fred Nicholson | Apr 27, 2020 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
They track us all. They track ourheart rateproductsvehiclephoneplacetime. They trackwildfreedanimalswith devicesonly removedby someone else. the Trackersstill trackslaves,and ask”You want them back?”“Not at this time.”“Just shoot em.”and they do....
by Fred Nicholson | Mar 26, 2020 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories, War Games
the Feared questionis upon us.What is most important,profit or people? When our government steps into save its citizenry from death, shareholder corporate profitsmay suffer consequential loss.Do we support citizens or profit? With COVID-19 living in our homes these...
by Fred Nicholson | Oct 26, 2019 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
imagine imagine a peopletotally severed from their birth languageand tangible culture. imagine a peopleshipped to a new land and coined sub-humanby those that control. imagine a peopledeprived of all schooling then many years laterseen as hostile and brutish. imagine...
by Fred Nicholson | Oct 12, 2019 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
a Private Letter Made Public Regarding my ‘Color Matters’, another writer stated,”A vexatious subject in many ways, not least for the unhappiness it can cause”.My response was, Some may agree this subject of color is infuriating, frustrating...
by Fred Nicholson | Sep 23, 2019 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
Color Matters Many people discuss white privilege.Other folks just can’t fathom it.Some will think they know. When you live it each dayin your heart and bones,what is there to think? White folks can snooze here. Now let’s talk light privilege.Here we mean...
by Fred Nicholson | Sep 23, 2019 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
Color, Then and Now. May I ask you to consider my thoughtson social and racial privilege,in its past and current forms? Our dominant North American culture evolved from Europe,so let us start there. Whiteness was/is likened to purity.European aristocracy painted and...
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 9, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Love is the Answer, Stories
In my back yardwe round them upand send them backacross the border In the newsthey bulldoze housesbecause the earth has value,not the homes of others In my back yardfathers and sons are killedand dragged and lynchedand jailed just because In the newsolive orchards...
by Fred Nicholson | Jul 27, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Stories, War Games
Fearin the present or of the futuremay be literal and not so. Literal,You are caged in chainsin an alien world,new language and customs. Forced to be with a matethat speaks another dialectjust to produce babies, to increase the supplyof colored people, called...
by Fred Nicholson | Jul 5, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
Some times I wanna’ be goneabsolutely MIAno longer here When it feels rightjust leave the planetfor un-mind/body ventures This may be where fearpops upin the minds of others “Leave the planet?””Are you talking about . . .?””Ohhh...
by Fred Nicholson | Feb 24, 2019 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
I have to come clean here. The first time I heard on NPR Jessie Smollent (the ‘Empire’ actor)walked into a police precinctwith a noose around his neck my liddle voice said ‘fake news’,then moved on to more gabble. The first thing a black...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 26, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Love is the Answer, Stories
Maybe I will call all this stuff, stuff. That’s what it is, right? Stuff! Break that stuff down, and get what you want. Is seeing believing OR does believing come firstOR does it even matter? Lets not forget the Way Home is not a destination,a voyage,...
by Fred Nicholson | Jan 8, 2019 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fredisms, Stories
4 Questions! My memory is not yours,so let us decide now. We have one foot in heaven,the other in fiery coals. Yes or No? *** In 1787 negotiators agreed that cows were 3/5ths of the whole. In 1865 that law was rendered obsolete. Cows, slaves, same thing ,...
by Fred Nicholson | Oct 11, 2018 | Black and White, Kids and Grown Ups, Stories
Let’s have a real short talk, about black and white people in America. I observed a story involving a black man walking with two pre-teen white children. Of course, watching a story on YouTube and being present frame to frame (before any story can manifest) are very...
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 10, 2018 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Spirit, Stories
the Past Connection It’s wonder full to be here now and now. That is one dimension of reality. Another dimension is time in space, between the 3 dimensions of past, present, and future. It’s a relaxing place to be. Then there is Connective Reality. This is where we...
by Fred Nicholson | Jul 28, 2018 | Black and White, Stories
The BlackWhite divide in America is based in fear From the beginning; We need more hands, to prosper. I been bought to a strange land. We can’t lose what we got. Father, daughter, brother, mother, all sold. We will kill to stay on top. It’s better to be angry and...
by Fred Nicholson | Jul 27, 2018 | Black and White, Stories
Fentanyl & Crack expose the divide between Black and White folks in America. How? In the 80’s and 90’s Crack landed in Harlem and Los Angeles. How many ‘let’s support the people’ programs were implemented? Recently, Fentanyl has...
by Fred Nicholson | Jul 23, 2018 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Stories
These are dangerous times when a U.S. President is willing to create a ‘Crusader War’ with Iran, to mask his own evil rise to power. Amazingly enough, he made the same threats to North Korea, before he and Kim Jong-un became bosom buddies. The most...
by Fred Nicholson | Aug 7, 2012 | Black and White, Stories
This is not a poem, but sign postings, stated and not. For Sale: Rocking chair White wine Red wagon Black man Old nanny Need Not Apply: one (1) African American female with unprocessed kinky hair. Anyone whose English is questionable, please leave. Patrons Only: No...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 22, 2012 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Love is the Answer, Spirit, Stories
Black or white is how I sometimes perceive an incoming remark. One such example follows. A few weeks ago I called a friend while driving. A short time into our chitchat she asked if I was driving and I said, ‘No’. Nearing the end of our talk I admitted to having been...
