The Oscars Overlook Blacks Again

The first Academy Awards was held in 1929, and each year there afterward White actors and White actresses were rewarded in the film industry with gold-plated statuettes, aka Oscars during a…

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Warning of Interference

A series of science fiction haikus

Hello all; I am here

in true corporeal form,

from a distant year.

Do not be afraid;

I do not seek to harm you.

This is a warning.

To the people of

money and of influence:

pay close attention.

To the people of

science and of politics:

pay close attention.

Your past ethical

debates lacked important facts

of your own future.

The distant future

is entropy because of

your careless mistakes.

Curiosity!

Praised, but gone unchecked,

perhaps dangerous.

Gene splicing led us

to the forefront of controlled

evolution, but…

The frontal cortex

of each animal brain has

increased in function.

You gave animals

intelligence and power

… and autonomy.

You never controlled

your own population count

and they want the same.

We are struggling to

allocate our resources

amongst all species.

(This one earth cannot

handle the weight of more

cognizant creatures!)

No more hunting or

meat-eating, and we compete

for the small farmlands.

Overnight changes

required fast reform of all

governments’ systems.

The people’s backlash

and interspecies violence

no one predicted.

Animals now have

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