: About Me

I grew up in Northern California and moved to the East Coast in 1993. I've been a voracious reader since elementary school, and have been writing nearly as long. Although, taking it seriously for only a few years.

I am 37 years old and worked in the residential construction industry for 18 years. Most of that time as a Cabinetmaker/Trim Carpenter for a high-end luxury home builder. I currently eke out a living selling replacement windows and siding for a big-box home improvement retailer.

I've recently started a blog called "How not to..." Feel free to stop by and check it out.

http://kevinreilly.blogspot.com/

I look forward to sharing my opinions with the world at large, and with other writers on Helium. I am looking forward to checking out the contests and marketplace opportunities on this site as well.

I am currently unpublished, but am working on a novel and a short story concurrently. I may also soon be writing for a local start-up website. More info as it develops.

Thanks for reading this far... keep checking back. I'm sure I will be adding to this bio from time to time as thoughts occur to me.

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Trivia... drives people nuts

My parents always told me ...

You can do it

My childhood ambition ...

Stuntman

My favorite memory ...

Proposing to my wife

Why I write ...

I have to

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

"Make a Scene" by Jordan E. Rosenfeld

My first job ...

bag boy at a grocery store

My best moment ...

First time my daughter said Daddy

My inspiration ...

My Mom, Wife and Daughter

Society & Lifestyle > Racism Is racism taught or learned?

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The way I see it, to be taught something is to have the information handed down by someone else. To learn something is to base your opinion upon personal experience. With these guidelines in place, it is clear that racism is taught. There is no racism in a group of infants, or even preschool children. Neither is there sexism, homophobia or religious hatred. For clarification, it bears pointing out that prejudice is not the same thing as racism. Prejudice CAN be learned, and might even be seen as an instinctive defense mechanism. If someone has been regularly victimized by a particular grou...

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