by Fred Nicholson | Jun 22, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
Lips to EarI was laying in the sunand just walked in,3 words in mind,People of ColorWhen I got to Home Depotto choose paint colorsfrom the Rust-oleumwhite paint choicesthey only had in stockwhite navaho white navy & almond. The whites I saw lined shelveswith 100’s...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 12, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
‘I want my momma.’boy, you let me down,so I may or may not stopsuffocating you with my knee.the whole worldis at the gate knockin’ down walls to get a peakat the old black mancalling for his mommaon his next to last breath.f
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 12, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
True or False?The Tulsa, OK.Black Wall Streethad to be destroyed.They created their own wealth,had built their own schoolsand their own banks,and prospered.The children in those schoolswere learning how to thrivewithout relying on whites.Can you Imagine the Master...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 11, 2021 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories, War Games
“This is now our land.”a group has no land,is prevented from landingon lands not called their land,is given land by land holders.the group says this land is “ours”from way back before recorded time,gives this land a new nameand then populates itwith their own.folks...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 11, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories, War Games
3 cops talkingbehind the blue wallof silence, deciding on what to do next..Cop 1: Chauvin really fucked us bad.Cop 2: Yeah! Now the whole world has eyes on us.Cop 3: He coulda’ jus’ killed that niggah’ in the van, and not in front of all those phonesCop 2: Yeah!...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 11, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
Black people die in so many ways.Only the newly arrived slaveshad customs, family, a home life.Each new generation of slavehad the life beat out of them.There wasn’t much hate for blackbeasts of burden in the early days.They served this country and Europewith...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 11, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
White Green Heart love.These many decades after Viet NamI know killing and dying will happenin black, brown & red communities,because whites control the drugsand guns and banks and decidewho can live when and where.When you cannot vent your rageat the police...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 11, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
1 Picture’s worthBlack manex-convictdrug addictcaught passingcounterfeit billsin grocery storedies from an overdosewhen being questionedby the Minnesota policewould be the accepted storyif that young woman had not sharedthe video of Mr. Floyd being murdered by police...
by Fred Nicholson | Jun 11, 2021 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
Spirit =‘s God =‘s Loveand man-made lawsdon’t include us all.Know that resistance to equal rights for us all,is openly sitting on this land’s highest court.400+ years of oppression only pertains to transplantsfrom the African slave horror stories.The folks we...
by Fred Nicholson | Mar 28, 2021 | All Mixed Up, Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
the accepted ‘One Drop’ rule.At Urgent Care this morning,the front desk attendant asks,‘Are you hispanic?’No.’What is your heritage?’White, Black and Red, I say.The attendant looks puzzledI say,My mom is Austrian-Polish Jewish..My dad is African...
by Fred Nicholson | Mar 28, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Love is the Answer, Stories
Spirit =‘s God =‘s Loveand man-made lawsdon’t include all.See that resistance to equalrights for us all, is openly sittingon this land’s highest Supreme Court.400+ years of oppressiononly pertains to transplantsduring the African slave horror.The folks we confidently...
by Fred Nicholson | Mar 5, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
As a fact, in the mid 1500’sthe term ‘white’ was reservedfor wealthy Caucasian English women that avoided sunlight.All cultures have status symbols.In my travels I have observedlong fingernails on men say“I am a leisure class member, and don’t do menial...
by Fred Nicholson | Mar 5, 2021 | Black and White, Fred Nicholson, Stories
Flesh Colours16, 24 and 64 Crayola Crayon colors have shared the same boxes,some since 1903,including the two colorsof black and white.Many N. American childrenhave used these colors.I was one. Were you?My fair question iswhen did Caucasiansbecome separate fromand...
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...
