Top 5 posts from 2016

2016 was a big year for one of my posts.  Usually, with a blog post, you write it and (sometimes) throw it up on social media where it will maybe make the rounds for a day, possibly 2 days if it’s a good one.  Then it’s over.  That’s it.  Sometimes you might get it picked up by another blog or site which will extend its shelf life a tad, but again, we’re talking maybe a week, tops.

I usually think of my past posts as lost, so to speak, once the wave breaks that first week.  Then it just floats somewhere out there in cyber space for all eternity.  So I was surprised to see something I wrote back in 2014 suddenly making a comeback this year.  Hey!  It’s still out there!  All is not lost after all…

1

The (Not So) Subtle Racism of the Gilmore Girls
17,256 views

It helped, of course, that the show itself had a comeback this past Fall.

2

The White Privilege Series
2,171 views

Also something I wrote in 2014.  Who knew?

3

Entryway Inspiration
1,053 views


4

Stay with Us
763 views

Written after the Pulse Shooting last June – my personal favorite from the year

5

James Baldwin & the Illusion of Whiteness
755 views

I was the most shocked by this one – when I originally posted it last January, I think MAYBE 1 person read it. And that was probably my mom.

Coming in behind those 5 were…

Think Like a Korean
Black People Don’t…
Why Do Good Things Happen?