Current Author: Mark Korber
Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.
FEEL IT
Perhaps the greatest single characteristic of humans that makes them unique among all other living beings is our ability to transfer complex thoughts, ideas, concepts, and ...
Continue Reading
AMERICA NEEDS ITS BLACK POPULATION
I read somewhere that the Founding Fathers believed not only that they were creating a government for our country; they believed they were creating a blueprint ...
Continue Reading
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
I’m changing. I lived the first 73 years of my life as a white American in white America. A few months ago, I began to change. ...
Continue Reading
DESEGREGATING WETHERSFIELD IS IMPOSSIBLE
Let’s consider why the Town of Wethersfield never will desegregate. I’m white and live in Wethersfield; if you’re white and live in West Hartford or Newington ...
Continue Reading
IN PRAISE OF AT THE RIVER I STAND
Timing is everything and unfortunately, my timing on this is pretty bad. I’m writing to recommend to you At the River I Stand, a live-streamed reading ...
Continue Reading
HOWARD
It was November 1972. I was a graduate student at The Catholic University of America, living on Capitol Hill, and had just fallen madly in love ...
Continue Reading
“I LIKE MY TOWN THE WAY IT IS”
Plenty of people tell me I’m wasting my time talking about merging Hartford and several surrounding towns. They say it will never happen. When I ask ...
Continue Reading
YOUR SEGREGATED GREATER HARTFORD – JUST THE FACTS
It's do-it-yourself week. I give you the data; you do the thinking. Don't worry; it isn't hard, and I'll help you along a bit. Just something ...
Continue Reading
WHAT CAN I DO?
In response to my essay last week, Lew asked how he, a retired white guy with minimal contact with Black people, can help promote racial justice. ...
Continue Reading
THE SHOWSTOPPER
As I’ve said before, I’ve become convinced that America’s problems around the issue of race must be solved by white people, because white people have the ...
Continue Reading