Racism

I hesitated to write this essay but the importance of January 6’s events at our nation’s capitol drove me to do so. There are other things that I should be writing. In my doctoral program, I [...]

As most people in Amerika wait for the white supremacist U.S. President, Donald Trump, to concede defeat in the recent election and vacate the White House, there remains great consternation among [...]

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Our insistence on being more dependent on technology and less on people – whether through power or social capital – has brought us to where we are today. Lack of jobs for those who [...]

There was an editorial by Weysan Dun, a retired and former special agent of the FBI in the OWH 11-1-2020. The title was “Promoting justice while acknowledging crime data.” Mr. Dun [...]

There is a heightened awareness about “Black Lives Matter” because of the recent highly publicized shootings and killings of African Americans by law enforcement officials (and the dismal level [...]

When I graduated from high school in 1971, I was pretty much an apolitical slug. I didn’t know much of anything that was swirling around me in society at that time, despite the fact that U.S. [...]

I’m riffing off a couple of ideas from Ibram X. Kendi and Caitlin Johnstone in this blog post. Ibram X. Kendi Ibram X. Kendi defines racist as “One who is supporting a racist policy [...]

Good evening, my name is Terrell McKinney.   I reside at 5319 N 30th st. Like many, I come here today to speak out against the current budget proposal from our mayor. I reside in the most [...]

Can we have a conversation on race? What are the racial topics that are clearly off the table for whites when they approach the issues of the racial divide and the high level of racism in the [...]