PLANNED PARENTHOOD

PLANNED PARENTHOOD – my view I have and will continue to support Planned Parenthood – even in the face of fetal-tissue, abortion, and black genocide propaganda. At the core of my position is the fact that it is a woman’s soul right to make those decisions vital to her health and wellbeing. My contributions and tax dollar are well place in the services provided by Planned Parenthood. Many women are able to choose services that would otherwise be out of their financial reach. Whether or not PPH should continue to receive federal funding is not a debatable issue with me. All women are infinitely better off with Planned Parenthood. http://www.adolphusward.net http://www.amazon.com/Adolphus-A.-Ward/e/B00OSDSSRC

Reading by Listening

Harvest The Dust is now an Audio Book. Copies are available at www.audible.com, www.amazon.com, and www.itunes.com. If you or someone you know would rather HEAR than READ a book, Harvest…may be a good choice. Click a link and place HARVEST THE DUST in the Search Window, click it; and you know what else to do to get your book. THANKS!

THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS - Ebony Repertory Theatre

EBONY REPS’ COLONUS Last evening I was in the theatre and witnessed an adaptation of Sophocles’ tragic figure, Oedipus, get baptized by black hands in an ocean of black gospel music – some of the strongest voices I’ve heard in a long time. Roger Robinson, the preacher, claimed my attention as he gave his text and told of the man, repulsed by his own life, who had torn out his eye balls to avoid ever seeing his reflection again. Kim Staunton, Oedipus’ daughter, had been his eyes and often his voice as they roamed the land seeking and pleading for mercy and redemption. Andi Chapman, the visionary, remains invisible as she allows the cast to move without restraint to fill in all those spaces that needed filling and to empty those that needed emptying. Chapman’s way allowed a synergy to emerge that flowed into a seamless vision of gospel and story. I suggest you witness it for yourself.

THOUGHTS ON THEATRE AND REVELATION

THOUGHTS ON THEATRE AND REVELATION I took time last night to be at the Fountain Theatre. The symphony in words is titled CITIZEN by Claudia Rankine, adapted for stage by Stephen Sachs, and conducted by the skilled craft-woman Shirley Jo Finney. The synergistic energy of the cast gave CITIZEN its life’s blood – its pulse and rhythms. To say I love theatre is an understatement. When I’m in a theatre witnessing first hand the living of life I feel privileged and inspired. Sometimes, not always but, sometimes before the musicians take their bows I have a revelation – I have a tangible something I did not have when I came in. I have, for some time now, been trying to give racism a name and body that plainly states its nature. CITIZEN provided the impetus for this revelation. The revelation came slow and in pieces, not all at once. I started with, RA CI SM IS, then added A, then decide I had to give racism an owner, so I added WHITE. I put that together and had, WHITE RACISM IS A, a what? This part was revealed slowly: SE RI AL KIL LER. This killer is pampered and protected by rich powerful white men; he is a celebrity in every American institution – bar none. He does his blood work honestly and with impunity. He is American as any of us; but he is also a racist – WHITE RACISM IS A SERIAL KILLER!!! http://www.amazon.com/author/adolphusward http://www.adolphusward.net

THOUGHTS ON MY FAMILY FICTION

I’m doing this again THOUGHTS ON WHY I WRITE FAMILY FICTION The motivation for my writing is not born in the cruelties African peoples have suffered, are suffering, at the hands of white racist powers, but by what those cruelties did, and are doing, to their progeny. Unrestrained power has never been humane. Human life has meant no more to powerful white racist than its value as a product. When black life ceased to be of value white racist powers set the agenda to dominate and control that life – stifle its proliferation and development by force when necessary. Understanding this, I’m not overwhelmed by laws which function to accommodate the agenda of unrestrained power. I’m not in awe of the increased number of black men and women filling private prisons; or the veritable tsunami of young black boys and girls inundating mental health professionals and facilities. I’m not surprised by the unwillingness of our government to impose the necessary dollars for a quality education to all citizens. I see our government as complicit to the racist agenda when instead of being directly involved in the education of its citizens it chooses to sell that obligation to private (often racist) for profit companies. It is little wonder that some law enforcers too function within a racist agenda. What I show in my trilogy of stories is how the Racist Power Agenda, RPA, helps shape the behavior of the children and grandchildren of our fore parents and ancestors. http://www.amazon.com/author/adolphusward http://www.adolphusward.net

THOUGHTS ON WRITING FAMILY FICTION

THOUGHTS ABOUT WHY I WRITE FAMILY FICTION The motivation for my writing in not born in the cruelties African peoples have suffered, are suffering, by white racist powers, but by what those cruelties did, and is doing, to their progeny. Unrestrained power has never been humane. Human life has never meant more to the powerful than its value as a product. When black life ceased to be of value then racist powers set the agenda to dominate and control that life – stifle its proliferation and development by force, when necessary. So I’m not overwhelmed by laws which function to accommodate the agenda of unrestrained power. I’m not in awe of the increasing number of black men and women filling private prisons; or the veritable tsunami of young black boys and girls inundating mental health professionals and facilities. I’m not surprised by the unwillingness of our government to impose the necessary dollars for a quality education to all citizens. I see our government as complicit to the racist power’s agenda when instead of being directly involved in the education of its citizens it chooses to sell that obligation to private for profit companies. It is little wonder that law enforcers too act within a racist power agenda. What I show in my trilogy of stories is how the Racist Power Agenda, RPA, helps shape the behavior of the children and grandchildren of our fore parents and ancestors. http://www.amazon.com/author/adolphusward http://www.adolphusward.net