one might have thought all these years later he would have quit asking

wasnt in his makeup

                        just quit asking what his family was reading

he didnt ask to prompt them to ask him

though usually he was reading some awesome shit that would be unlikely theyd pickup

which upset him

raised in the same house same parents same obstacles same opportunities

Whacha reading

Can’t say I’m reading anything at the momen . .

. . Great hed erupt so you have something in the queue

I didn’t say that . . eventually . likely . yeah . . . right now I’m catching up on some streaming series, been watching some sensational movies . . .

                               their voices would tail off 

                                                             they were concerned they inadvertently opened the door for him to reveal foreign films he was watching and would recommend

Whew ducked a bullet

                     Anyway, enough about me . . what you reading?

hed say Baldwin Coates poetry by Hughes  tossed some chum to make them rise Walt Whitman . .

. . I’ve heard of him.

Im reading a fascinating history of Africa called Born in Blacknes . .

. . Why would you do that?

Why Because the superior education the folks bragged we benefitted from wasnt

Wasn’t. sounded like a tire going flat

                                          Wasn’t . . according to you once you were beyond it and reading everything you wanted to read then but couldn’t in order to keep up with the curriculumI know you hate . . curriculum.

Artificial  Expedient

You hated it; why can’t you admit you hated it?

I dislike don hate

Good and evil.

Good and bad

Won’t admit evil either.

When Someone provides evidence for faith we can talk

                                                          I was saying Born in Blackness

Tell me you haven’t pricked Dad with that title.

I have not

           Yare my prick

silence is actually quite loud

Awright. Listening.

   Thank you

               In it two political scientists assert that the slave trade altered the cultural norms of the ethnic groups exposed to it Think Antebellum South The current South It made them less trusting I quote areas with low levels of trust have developed weaker institutions and their weaker institutions in turn have resulted in worse behavior and still lower levels of trust These societies remain trapped in an equilibrium of uncooperative behavior mistrust and inefficient institutions

So

     So I had to get that off my chest whether you care or not The rancid taint of slavery remains in walkingtalking bloodstreams to date

                         Hard to believe whitey still thinks himself herself superior

Once, just once, I'd wish you might call and we could talk about the weather . . without distraction.

Weather happens every day Pretty fucking myopic

                                                      Or  or   you don have to pick up

2207,  Thursday,  10  3. 22

0941,  ReggaeFriday,  11  3. 22

pg 327  Howard W. French  Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

E.S.T. Esbjorn Svensson Trio  Elevation of Love  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWS-TgLDt38