Blog Posts from Will James (Altar'd Thoughts)

Let’s say the ‘woke left’ has pressured the companies in your field to have diverse hiring policies or face casual social media backlash. There is a premier widget company in your town. While impactful, it is small: twenty employees. The CEO, a single mom who voted for Hillary, decided she wanted the company to be […]

The thing that makes ‘illegals’ criminals is by being here. Standing on this side of the line. It is a ‘crime’ that those of us born here cannot commit. We can commit any other crime we want and never be seen as the kind of criminal they are. Because the kind of criminal they are, […]

Layered beneath our feet lie the ages and eras that once were. Memories buried atop memories, lost to the waves of time, so we could make our own. But the soil remembers. The leaves we watch fall once thrived in a world where death was not their end. They had not yet ingrained themselves in the cycle […]

The first time I “realized” I was black, or rather, my first realization that my skin carried connotations was complicated. It was some point in middle school. I walked up to a group of boys in a circle telling jokes one after the other. One of them told an extremely racist joke, and everyone laughed, […]

Abandoning a Vehicle on a highway or other public property – violates OK statute 47-71-901 – Penalty: removal of vehicle. – Traffic violation. Driving while intoxicated – violates OK statute 47-11-902 – Penalty: Not less than 10 days nor more than 1 year in jail and a fine of not more than $1,000. – Misdemeanor […]

This Podcast episode digs into the National Anthem controversy by getting past the protest and getting to the point. I assure you it is all spoken in love, but it is not necessarily the easiest to ingest. No offense was intended if any is felt: Over the last couple weeks, there has been a growing […]

In discovering this whole “hidden messages” Facebook situation, I found 37 messages in the wake of OK Kappa SAE scandal last year. Some from people I knew at SAE, in just generally from college, journalists, old jobs, law professors. Many from people I’ve never met before. Most were simply kind words reflecting a common sadness […]

by Deanna James I am a white woman. My husband is a black man. This fact, over the last 14 years of our relationship, has led me to develop a unique perspective on race relations in this country. Let me start by saying, we are fortunate. We, for the most part, have been surrounded by […]

I was originally scheduled to appear on CNN Tonight, this March 16th evening, 2015. I was going to be a part of a panel that was going to discuss the N-Word and when and who can use it. I was told the segment had been cancelled or postponed until later. However, I’m watching it happen […]