PatriciaEHarding

Writer/Reader/Explorer/Traveler. She/Her. Lives in Alaska. From Maine. Likes painting, sewing, gardening, golfing, fishing, hiking, cooking, bike riding.

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

Hannah treating Nick like he's her puppy. #LoveIsBlind7

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

@danicm991 @KimMari15039764 @NeeshaCherie I wonder if her untidiness was the real reason for his decision.

[Jamie Selzler @jamselz]

Michelle Obama: “Our food environment isn’t healthy and we should explore some changes”

Republicans: “You’re a communist taking our freedom!”

RFK Jr: “Literally anything added to food is poison”

Republicans: “Agreed! I demand you make all my food choices for me!”

[AEL&P @AELPJUNEAU]

We have a fault on the Snettisham line and are attempting to fly the line to identify the cause. We are restoring power with Lake Dorothy and back up generation. We expect all locations to be restored within the hour.

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

@LousyLibrarian I would like to follow you on Bluesky!

[Dana Goldberg @DGComedy]

No matter what happens, it saddens me deeply that rape, felonies, trying to overthrow our democracy, misogyny, racism and transphobia are somehow not deal breaks for 10’s of millions of Americans.

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

@BeschlossDC It was fabula-la-lous!

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Even when Black people manage to be twice as good, we can end up being criticized twice as much. Why? Racist ideas render Black people sub-human or super-human, causing people to have lower or higher standards for Black people.

Just as a Black woman presidential candidate is held to a higher standard than her White male predecessors and opponent during this campaign, Black male voters have been held to a higher standard than non-Black male voters. The over-criticism of Kamala Harris relative to the depravity that is Donald Trump mirrors the over-criticism of Black male sexism during this campaign even though polls show that Black men are more likely than any male group to be shunning Trump’s sexist appeals.

Racist ideas of sub-humanity = lower standards for Black people = lower expectations = lower levels of opportunity. Because people expect less from the Black child or worker, people are less likely to challenge the Black child or worker with the opportunity of the more advanced class or job.

Racist ideas of super-humanity = higher standards for Black people = higher expectations = higher levels of criticism = lower levels of opportunity. When higher expectations are placed on Black leaders, any misstep brings harsher criticism, which can lead to greater struggles or even lost opportunities, making it harder for them to get a second or third chance.

These racist ideas manifest in many ways. Have you ever prefaced a criticism of a Black person by saying you expected more from the Black person? I definitely have. Do you ever notice that people exaggerate the mistakes of Black leaders and contextualize the mistakes of White leaders? Do you ever notice that when an interracial group of people do something considered unjust, the lone Black person is often singled out and criticized the most? Have you ever seen that Black people are often put in untenable situations—and heavily criticized when we don’t make miracles?

Every individual—and especially every politician—could rightly be criticized. Any Black individual could rightly be criticized. But no Black individual or group should receive criticism (or more criticism) because people expect more from them because they are Black.

To be racist is to hold Black people to different standards than everyone else. To be antiracist is to hold Black people to similar standards as everyone else. Because Black people are as imperfect as everyone else. Which is what makes Black people as human as everyone else.

Black people are not sub-human or super-human. Just human. Treat us accordingly.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Today, I have the solemn responsibility to be the first president to formally apologize to Native peoples – Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan – for what happened during the Indian Boarding School era.

It's long overdue.

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

@technologylaura Back in the day, I would call myself and leave reminder messages on my answering machine. #BackInTheDay

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

Some days, I feel like I'm Olive Kitteridge.

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

Chatted with a stranger on a plane about the popularity of short baby names with lots of vowels. Between our two families, we came up with Asa, Ayla, Ava, Elle, Elsie, Iris, Lily, Meli, Olivia, Owen, and Rye. #BabyNames

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

"He who waits to learn till all he requires to know be presented to his notice, will never learn at all." On Drawing Trees and Nature by J.D. Harding (1846). #JDHarding #OnDrawingTreesAndNature #Drawing #Sketching

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

(2 of 2) This was said about drawing, and the same can be said about golf, writing, gardening, or any hobby or activity. In other words, practice makes better.

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

(1 of 2) "All those rules and precepts which are at first acquired with so much difficulty and reluctance, at length become familiar, and are habitually applied in practice without effort." On Drawing Trees and Nature: A Classic Victorian Manual by J.D. Harding

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

"We are not cogs in a capitalist machine. Each of us is called to contribute something to the world." Aging with Agency by Sandi Peters #AgingWithAgency #SandiPeters

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

@Author_MLWhite A & C

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

@WriterNatSwift Great for reheating pizza or fried food.

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

@tothemax2050 Depends on my mood & the personalities. Not interested in competing for talk time. If everyone is taking turns talking & listening, I'm in. Sometimes, I feel like I listen a long time to someone's story, and when it’s my turn, they have to go or interrupt.

[PatriciaEHarding @PatteHarding]

@tothemax2050 The Iliad