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    The Illusion of Progress

    by Jacqueline Jannotta June 11, 2020

    Do you ever have dreams so visceral that it takes a while to get grounded in reality once you wake up? When I was about 13 years old, one particular dream seared itself into my memory:

    I found myself in a taxicab, heading who knows where. I’d only been in two or three cabs in my entire life, so the fact that I dreamt of one was significant. The driver had a friendly and odd familiarity to me. And when he turned around to ask where he could take me, I instantly recognized him as my maternal grandfather, Papa Charlie, who had died a few years earlier. Except for one significant difference: he was black.

    In that intangible, telepathic way we communicate in our dreams, I had a “conversation” with him, trying to understand whether it was really him or some kind of parallel universe doppelganger. Amidst the confusion, I gathered that he was doing a sort of penance for prejudices he perpetuated during his lifetime. He wanted me to know that he was okay, that he was learning.  

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    The House that Covid Built

    by Jacqueline Jannotta May 22, 2020
    May 22, 2020

    This is the story that told of the people that spread the disease that was caused by the droplets from someone who ate the bat that got the virus that…

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    How We Save Us: A Sweet New Symbol

    by Jacqueline Jannotta April 18, 2020
    April 18, 2020

    The coronavirus crisis is taking our upside-down world and simultaneously shaking it up while forcing us into a collective “time out.” There’s no denying we are experiencing a shock to…

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    The What of Becoming Better People

    by Jacqueline Jannotta September 19, 2019
    September 19, 2019

    What is Becoming Better People? I’ve previously shared the motive behind this blog and how I intend to use it. Here’s a recap: Becoming Better People is a platform for personal…

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