Delthea SimmonsIf Food Stamps Tire You, What Would Freedom Do?One of my mom’s pet peeves was food stamps going for junk food.Jan 14, 2021Jan 14, 2021
Delthea SimmonsA Woman’s WorkI belong to a couple of the crochet groups on Facebook. The people there are nice and almost exclusively women. We talk about projects…Dec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020
Delthea SimmonsWHEN THE POLICE ARE BLACK BUT THE POLICING ISN’TMy father was a police officer. When I was little, one of our neighbors asked him was he a black man or a black cop? My father saidJul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
Delthea SimmonsTHE HELP REVISITEDWith the offering this month of The Help on Netflix, I thought I’d share a review I wrote at the time.Jun 14, 2020Jun 14, 2020
Delthea SimmonsAmerica and Its Reckoning with ItselfFrom time to time when I was growing up, my grandmother would tell me to go in my room, or go out on the screened porch or out in the…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Delthea SimmonsTHE MARVELOUS AND THE MUNDANE: Police, Protest, and Life in the Grand Gesture.I have known, not necessarily in the biblical sense so mind your business, a fair number of men in my life. And like most of you, I have…Jun 3, 2020Jun 3, 2020
Delthea SimmonsA Black Woman Pissed Off (or Having a Bad White People Day Everyday)A few thoughtsMay 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Delthea SimmonsTHE VIRTUOUS POOR, THE HEROIC WORKER The Idolization of the LowlyThis is a picture called The Thankful Poor by African American artist Henry Tanner.Apr 6, 2020Apr 6, 2020
Delthea SimmonsThis Is Not Moment But a MovementI have heard it said that Goldwater lost the 1964 election, but he won in 1980. The same may be true of Bernie Sanders.Mar 15, 2020Mar 15, 2020