We've All Been Hoodwinked

You may not know it, but you've been taken for a ride

I’ve written before about how random things influence my writing. The inspiration often comes from where I least expect it. Take last weekend, for example. In our home, we designate Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as movie nights.

The curriculum at my kid’s respective schools vis-à-vis Black history is sorely lacking, so I’ve used our sequestration to drop a little knowledge on my teenagers. Instead of forcing them to listen to my impromptu lectures, I found the right movie to be an excellent stand-in.

This brings me to Malcolm X.