In the midst of all the work related to the pandemic, I have tried to remember the usefulness of RC literature. I recently discovered “An Evolving Policy Statement on the Liberation of African-Heritage People” in the RC journal Black Re-emergence Number 12. It is filled with outstanding thinking that puts the current situation in perspective. 


Once a week I do a telephone session about the RC literature. Reading has never been easy for me. Today I discovered a new way to discharge about early reading distress. I talked about what it was like for me learning to read in elementary school. For some young people, reading was enjoyable, but not for me when I was young. With much discharge, I “listed” activities that I liked more than learning to read:


“Being with my friends was more fun than reading.”


“Telling jokes was more fun than reading.”


“The game of tetherball was more fun than reading.”


“Sledding in the snow was more fun than reading.”