racism – Irene North

My cap collection – Preston North End (football/soccer), two Antonio Giovinazzi caps (Alfa Romeo F1), a McLaren Cap (F1), and a Lando Norris (McLaren F1) winter hat.

Long-term readers know the only television I watch is Formula One racing. Before I knew I had PTSD, it helped me through some rough times and continues to do so today. I don’t know the latest popular television shows, bands, or movies, but I can describe to you in detail how Carlos Sainz’s car caught fire last weekend. Over the past two years, F1 has become more popular around the world, due in part by owners Liberty Media and the Netflix series Drive to Survive. One of the problems with any sport growing in popularity is the unsavory elements seeping in, creating problems most people condemn, but do little to change.

Monday Musings: The power of the rainbow in F1

By Irene

On July 11, 2022

In Watching & Reading

Formula One’s Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has a unique streak going on right now. Every race in which he has worn an LGBTQ+ helmet, he has finished on the podium.

Monday Musings: It’s just another day now

By Irene

On July 4, 2022

In Monday Musings

I’ve always struggled with the day and what it means for the majority of people who live in the United States. So many have never truly been free. I haven’t celebrated it in more than 20 years.

Sounds about white

By Irene

On June 18, 2020

In News

I got up this morning and thought, “I need to check one thing on Facebook real quick before I start my day.”

A few friends have liked posts related to Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben’s, and Land O’ Lakes. I end up reading comments on those posts, which are from places such as Snopes and CNN. As I read through the comments, I see so many people who don’t get it.

White privilege

By Irene

On June 16, 2020

In Stories

Police lights by night

I was driving through Minatare, Nebraska, population 816, on my way back to Scottsbluff to file a story. A Nebraska State Patrol car passed me and turned around. He flicked on his lights and sirens.

I still hope it will get better

By Irene

On May 30, 2020

In News, Stories

I was finishing up for the day at the Star-Herald when I received a text message I was hoping not to get. It was from her.

“Are you sure you don’t want to do it?”

Ida B. Wells

By Irene

On March 25, 2020

In Women

Long before Rosa Parks ever got on a bus, Ida B. Wells got on a train. Then she tried to change the world.

Recy Taylor

By Irene

On March 20, 2020

In Women

When she couldn’t get justice, she just wanted an apology. It took the State sixty-seven years to say they were wrong.

There’s never enough time for a scandal to play out

By Irene

On October 29, 2018

In News

Every day I wake up and think, “today I am going to write about that thing in the news from yesterday.” The thing I am thinking about is one of several that came up, but I decided I would research it the next day and make a well-informed post. Then, I read the news and find another six or seven new things to write about.