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September 2026
1619: Racial Barriers to Social Engagement 09/05/2026
August 2026
Triumph Over Tragedy 08/31/2026
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained/Lost 08/30/2026
A Gallery of Neighbors: The Village Art Group’s Group Show 08/28/2026
A New and Improved Way to Stay Safer Online 08/28/2026
A Trip to The Geffen Galleries 08/28/2026
Barrier Free Living - A Path to Living a More Independent Lifestyle 08/28/2026
Conversations with Art 08/28/2026
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 08/28/2026
Member Connections with Music Conductor Bill Bing 08/28/2026
Pasadena Heritage Walking Tour 08/28/2026
In Their Hands 08/23/2026
Ease of Being: Managing the stuff of everyday life 08/20/2026
A Tribute to Fire Debris Remediators and Their Super-Sized Dump Trucks 08/18/2026
Really Irene? 08/15/2026
There Is A Risk 08/09/2026
2026 Year in Review 08/03/2026
A Message From Your Newly Elected President 08/03/2026
Neighborhoods Within the Village 08/03/2026
Reflection from PUSD Intern Isabella "Izzy" Roberts 08/03/2026
Reflection on Service & Joy from 2025/26 President Dick Myers 08/03/2026
The Villager Engagement Team Welcomed 54 New Villagers 08/03/2026
Treasurer’s Report 08/03/2026
What Activity! The Cultural Activities Team Report 08/03/2026
An Even Exchange 08/01/2026
July 2026
The 3:00 AM Trip to the Bathroom 07/30/2026
1619: The Lingering Imprint Returns This Fall – Ideas Welcome 07/04/2026
Evolution of Holidays: What Are We Doing for Thanksgiving This Year? 07/01/2026
A Message From The President: Bridget Brewster 07/01/2026
A New Year, A New Board of Directors 07/01/2026
Gertrude Stein and the Birth of Modernism: A Family Connection 07/01/2026
Home Sweet Home...No Moving Required 07/01/2026
How Did You Get Here? 07/01/2026
Scams, Frauds, AI…Oh No, Not Again 07/01/2026
Two's Company! 07/01/2026
Village Magic 07/01/2026
June 2026
Home Sweet Home...No Moving Required Designing Spaces for Safe and Secure Living 06/09/2026
Ability Resource Fair - A.R.F.! 06/01/2026
Building Community: The Village Engagement Team Welcomes New Villagers 06/01/2026
Goals, Priorities and Tasks. Oh, My! 06/01/2026
Jabber-Walkies 06/01/2026
LGBTQ+ Bars: A Book-talk 06/01/2026
Ladies Who Lunch 06/01/2026
President’s Message 06/01/2026
May 2026
What Are "Teams"? 05/24/2026
What Does Board Oversight Mean? 05/19/2026
April 2026
Aging in Harmony: Pasadena Village and Encore Creativity 04/29/2026
Altadena’s Coyote Comeback 04/29/2026
Catch it Before it's Gone! 04/29/2026
In Sickness and in Health: Interview with a Caregiver 04/29/2026
Legacy Project 04/29/2026
Not Too Old To Get Carded 04/29/2026
President's Message 04/29/2026
Stuck in Milwaukee - Airplane Travel 2026 04/29/2026
The Art Journaling Workshop 04/29/2026
Think You're Losing Your Mind? 04/29/2026
Visiting The Getty 04/29/2026
March 2026
My Home For Now 03/30/2026
My Home for Now 03/30/2026
Black History Month: Poetry Reading Brings Community Together 03/26/2026
Do I Really Need a Will and/or a Trust? 03/26/2026
Everybody Needs a Blankie 03/26/2026
Fire Recovery Grants – Giving Back to the Community 03/26/2026
Kickoff: Prepared 50+ Emergency Preparedness 03/26/2026
President’s Message: Volunteering to Build Community 03/26/2026
The Birth of an Archive for Pasadena Village 03/26/2026
Too Smart to be Scammed? 03/26/2026
“I DIDN’T KNOW THAT!” A Refresher Course 03/26/2026
Across the Waiting Room 03/11/2026
February 2026
Refresh and Refocus 1619: Continuing the Dialogue 02/28/2026
Status - February 28, 2026 02/28/2026
AI Presentation 02/26/2026
Exploring the “Cheech” 02/26/2026
Mary Mejia is Here to Make a Difference 02/26/2026
One Year On 02/26/2026
President’s Message – March 2026 02/26/2026
Support Groups: Who, What, When, Where, and Why? 02/26/2026
Volunteering, Belonging, and the Power of Connection 02/21/2026
January 2026
BEACONS OF HOPE - The Dump Trucks of the Eaton Fire 01/29/2026
Exploring the Hidden Trails Together: The Pasadena Village Hiking Group 01/28/2026
Five Years of Transformative Leadership at Pasadena Village 01/28/2026
For Your Hearing Considerations: A Presentation by Dr. Philip Salomon, Audiologist 01/28/2026
Hearts & Limbs in Zambia 01/28/2026
Lost Trees of Altadena Return Home 01/28/2026
President's Message: WHY the Village Works 01/28/2026
TV: Behind the Scenes 01/28/2026
Trauma to Triumph 01/28/2026
1619 Group Reflects on Politics, Climate, and Democratic Strain 01/23/2026
How Pasadena Village Helped Me Rebuild After the Eaton Fire 01/10/2026
Blog Archive
September 2026
August 2026
In Their Hands 08/23/2026
Really Irene? 08/15/2026
There Is A Risk 08/09/2026
An Even Exchange 08/01/2026
May 2026
What Are "Teams"? 05/24/2026

"Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite”….White Privilege?

By John Tuite · Posted 07/08/2020

We’ve now been in quasi-quarantine for four months!  We’ve lived in fear of and under threat of a life endangering virus which our health system, medical experts, and scientists admit they know little of. Ten Million people across the earth have become victims of this virus and it has killed 500,000 of them in a period of only six months.  This period is what the experts are calling the “first wave”, which may well merge without distinction into an early winter combine attack of coronavirus and flu.  Meanwhile, our economy is attempting “business as usual”, masked and distanced.


At the same time, current events have set off a social earthquake that we have been aware has been rumbling for centuries within our constitutional core.  We may now spend our isolation examining the truth long hidden in the words of our Founders, immortalized by the French as "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite”.  I wonder whether we can look inside the challenge of the words, "white privilege” and, not only cop to the status we’ve held in Society, but measure the fears and feelings of the men who have been dis-honored and dis-claimed.  Is it a worthwhile exercise?  

 

 

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