Posted in Education on May 6th, 2009
Without even a comment, Ray Winbush sent me the link to Jay Smooth’s most recent illdoctrine vlog post, “How To Tell People They Sound Racist.” Oh, my: It’s a thing of beauty. No, scratch that: It’s almost a piece of counter-racist science.
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Culture, Education, Immigration, Media, Politics, Racism on Apr 22nd, 2009
Okay, I agree. The title of this post is a terrible pun. But what can you do but laugh at the ignorance exhibited by Texas Republican official Betty Brown? The problem isn’t her confusion over the transliteration of Chinese names. The problem is that she refers to Chinese Americans as “your citizens” when speaking to [...]
Posted in Economics, Education, Socioeconomic on Apr 10th, 2009
Let’s say President Obama’s bow to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia earns him a gift, in the form of a gesture to help shift the balance of power in America from the white upper and middle class base that currently holds it. The goal would be that 60 years from now, there would be a [...]
Posted in Education, History, Law & Justice, Politics, Religion on Apr 8th, 2009
Mahatma Ghandi, the man in the picture, has been one of the most profoundly positive influences on mankind in the last century. I suspect that his teaching of passive resistance liberated more humans non-violently than were been liberated by war.
Posted in Business, Culture, Economics, Education, Equity, History, Immigration, Labor, Mexico, Socioeconomic on Apr 1st, 2009
When I told Chidrup, who is from India, that I am working on a project about the problems of racism in the US, he was puzzled. He sees the US as a place of education and boundless opportunity for everyone.
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Education, Relationships on Mar 30th, 2009
A young man stopped by to see me the other day. I looked up, delighted to see him. I hadn’t seen him in nearly two years. I heard that he moved to Chicago. I expected to see him on Oprah one day. I met this young man at a diversity training opening week at the [...]
Young Franklin, eyeing the perfect opportunity for his daily good deed as a newly-minted Boy Scout, politely asks the woman waiting to cross the road if he can be of assistance. She is clearly blind, and he is only too eager to help. The woman graciously accepts his offer. Halfway across the street, she asks [...]
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Arts, Culture, Education, History, Law & Justice, Racism on Mar 25th, 2009
When my friend Chidrup and I talked about racism in the US, there was a big chunk of information missing from his understanding: He didn’t know about the history of white domination and the enslavement of African people in the United States for nearly four-hundred years. It was hard to tell Chidrup the truth. I’m [...]
What do you want to be when you grow up? Linnette Figueroa wants to become a veterinarian. Tanisha Diaz wants to be a lawyer and an entrepreneur. The Springfield, Massachusetts teens are bright, hard-working and ambitious. So why shouldn’t they reach their goals?
Posted in Anglo-European Primacy, Business, Education, Labor, Socioeconomic on Mar 13th, 2009
But if you’re aren’t the most powerful person on the face of the earth, you ain’t makin’ this list as a black person. Asian, Arab, Indian, woman, sure! However, the only one with a discernible amount of the blood of black Africa running through his or her veins to be included on the Financial Times [...]
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