My post titles are lacking creativity, but it’s all I seem to be able to muster these days. After a pretty long hiatus from FB debates/discussions, I find myself sucked back in during the second Trump reign. One particularly long thread recently focused on DEI. It’s clear to me now, more clear than ever, that the hatred of DEI is largely based on a total misunderstanding of what it is. This isn’t the first time that some political party has distorted a thing to make it something different than it is, and then attacked it. “Socialism,” “critical race theory,” “welfare.” All turned into something they aren’t and attacked by the right. I honestly can’t think of examples of the left doing this, but I would bet that they exist and I’m just not sharp enough to bring them to mind.
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Diversity and multiculturalism
I ran the NYC marathon last weekend. It was amazing. My fourth marathon, and although it was my second best time, it was my favorite race in so many ways. My family came for the trip, and jumped from subway to subway to follow me along the course, and it was the perfect day for a marathon: bright and sunny, cool temps (low 50s), and no wind at all. Of course, my mind always comes back to the topics of Hitting Bregma, and my time in NYC was no different.
Hitting Bregma 