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Anti-miscegenation laws have been a part of American law since before the United States. They were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1967. The term miscegenation, a word invented by American journalists to discredit the Abolitionist movement by stirring up debate over the prospect of black–white intermarriage after the abolition of slavery, was first coined in 1863, during the American Civil War.[1] In those of the original Thirteen Colonies that became states and enacted such laws, they were enacted as state law in the early 18th century a century or more after the complete racialization of slavery.[2]

To underscore… My wife and I would not have had the right to marry in most states in this country until 1967 (I’m Black, she White). Just a short forty-five years ago.

When anyone asks me about same-sex marriage, I remind them of this. I let them know that to keep that right from others on similarly arbitrary grounds is an affront to the freedoms I myself have only recently been given.

So, when we talk about limiting marriage to one group or another — regardless of label, we are really having the same conversation as limiting it for me and my people or any group for that matter.

This is why we must not legislate hatred and bigotry (back) in to our laws. This is why Vote No matters to us all. 

Saturday, March 30, 2013 01:00 AM

I’ll be there and ready for the good livin’ I missed out on last time.

There was no need for fighting. Fighting was for the rest of the world. This was someplace else.

Beautiful.

My third book. A compilation of the best of Minimal Mac. Available now.

No matter the setting, all these people are doing the same thing: just closing their eyes and letting themselves disappear.

Beautiful piece on one of the few things that unites us all.

Pretty great list here. I especially like #12.

I agree with the post, it is hard to get any simpler than this. Also, this is a great basis on which to build any productivity system, further proof that one does not have to be canonically GTD in order to GTD. 

It’s easy to forget that, as a writer, you don’t have to have your fingers on the keyboard to be doing your job. Sometimes your best work is only realized when you are away from the very place where that work will later be put onto the page.

So, so, true. My best ideas, and my best writing, never come when I’m actually writing. The come when I’m not writing.

I wonder if a walk across the country in summer wouldn’t be something to do. And not directed anywhere. Not a march on Washington. We’re not taking back the country, or occupying anything. Maybe lots of people walking to completely random places. From New York to Spokane. San Diego to Bangor. Burlington to Austin. Everywhere you go, people walking. Visiting strange parts. Having a cold lemonade on a front porch in Podunk. Drinking beer from a paper bag on a front stoop in Baltimore. Talking baseball and politics. Discovering what it means to be American.

Such a lovely idea. 

thepersonalnetwork:

We’ve built a host of new features that make it easier to share even more on Path — your thoughts, the music you’re listening to, where you are, who you’re with, when you wake and when you sleep, and as always, your photos and videos.

I’ve used Path for a while and it has stood the test of time on my home screen. I liked its approach from the beginning. That was, a way of sharing moments from your life with up to 50 of your closest friends. What I love more is that hat number was not arbitrary, it was based on Dunbar’s number. Actual, research-based science on the number of close friends you can have.

With this latest version, they have taken that idea and knocked it out of the park. This is, hands down, the most beautiful app I have seen on the iPhone. And, what is more, the app has now evolved into a personal journal for the digital age. A low friction and fun way to catalog the moments in your day that hold meaning to you and share them with those closest to you or, thanks to Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare integration, the whole world if you so choose.

As for me, I likely will stick to the science and use the heck out of this daily.