Zek J Evets
Zek J Evets is a writer, musician, artist, anthropologist, melancholic, pessoptimist, troubadour, doodler, people-watcher, urban explorer, hopeful-romantic, pataphysician, and saboteur academic living in San Francisco.
Ain’t Nothin’ But A Thang: Deconstructing Black Crime Stats For Racists
Today’s post will focus on the topic of Black crime: the statistical distortion and misrepresentation, as well as actually delving into the niceties of this issue which is a particularly sensitive one among the Black community for its pervasive links to structural racism.
Chin to the Bar
Compassion is a muscle. You have to exercise it, or lose it altogether. For some people, leaving old furniture on the corner is the extent of their compassion. About the equivalent of lifting a finger to push a button on the remote-control to the plasma-screen TV they just put in the place of those curbside [...]
Sammy Rangel “FOURBEARS: Myths of Forgiveness”
FourBears: The Myth of Forgiveness: isn't a simple memoir; it is a graphically illustrated guide from tortured child, to remorseless beast, to healing and change. This book is about helping others find their way out of their history and into the here and now. Proof that what once held you down can now hold you up. After the book reflects on a horrific upbringing it looks to offer key and ground breaking insights of the inner workings of the mind of a victim and later a perpetrator of hate and violence. Service providers working in treatment centers and institutional settings would greatly benefit from this work. Anyone facing issues with forgiveness and change might find a process toward healing and recovery.
Recommended Reading
Frank Meeink—Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
TJ Leyden—Skinhead Confessions
Arno Michaels—My Life After HateMusic
Wizard Fingaz & Soul Sathe embarked on a collaborative project known as Tribal Sorcery · deep conscious hip-hop
