How much misunderstanding and violence does stereotyping create? When the Starbuck’s manager in Philadelphia called the police on Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, the “dangerous black man” stereotype was obviously operating. The same stereotype violently surfaced in...
The memory is of the threat of its absence. I’m not alone, but I’m scared I could be. Disconnected. In a void, a space with no footing. No way to be an agent; to matter. Therefore no raison d’etre—literally, no reason for being. The only real hell I’ve ever...
“Are you crazy?” “You’re kidding me!’ “You can’t possibly believe that!” “I just don’t get her at all!” In the past week, how many times have you said that you just don’t understand somebody—an acquaintance, family member, co-worker, or maybe a politician? It can be...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI in the biz) are hot topics. Businesses want to know how to recruit and retain diverse employees at every level. Churches across the spectrum from Catholics and Episcopalians to Muslims, Baptists to Jews, Presbyterians to Latter...
Forty percent of unarmed people shot and killed by police officers are Black, even though Black men make up 6% of the nation’s population. http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/12/fact-check-more-whites-shot-by-police-in-2015-than-minorities/ When statistics on...
