Skip to content

Three-Fifths

Voice of Clarity

  • About
  • Empowerment
  • Realtime
  • Reimagined
  • Thoughts
  • Historical
  • Give Now
  • Media
  • Health & Wellness
  • Business and Economics
  • Subscribe
  • The Reading Room

Author: Robert Caldwell

Robert has been a practitioner and thought leader on the issues of poverty race and justice for more than thirty years. He is a son brother, husband, father and friend...
EmpowermentLeave a comment

To Hunger and Thirst for Justice…

March 8, 2025March 9, 2025 Robert Caldwell

“God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice…, for they will be satisfied…”(Jesus) “Don’t let your mouth write a check your ass can’t cash, son…” (Charles Portis) The Civil Rights Movement was led by a generation of marginalized and exploited … Continue reading To Hunger and Thirst for Justice…

ReimaginedLeave a comment

Salt, Light…& Leaven

February 7, 2025February 21, 2025 Robert Caldwell

All of us are more than the worse thing we ever did, None of us are as innocent as we think we are. All of us have some prejudice we cannot justify, None of us live free from unwarranted judgement. All … Continue reading Salt, Light…& Leaven

ReimaginedLeave a comment

A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet…

October 8, 2024December 3, 2024 Robert Caldwell

This line from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet often brings to mind a dear friend and Mentor of mine who is now in his 90’s. Over the years, when I visited him, he would often call me Tom, which was … Continue reading A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet…

ThoughtsLeave a comment

We are all Structurally Trapped…

September 9, 2024September 12, 2024 Robert Caldwell

I used to look at middle class people with some disdain. I would think these privileged people are insulated from the “real world”. They live in the suburbs, shop at Specialty Grocery Stores, drive hybrid SUVs, go skiing in Vail, … Continue reading We are all Structurally Trapped…

ReimaginedLeave a comment

Yes, there is only one Race, the Human Race, but…

July 8, 2024September 19, 2024 Robert Caldwell

It’s likely that we’ve all heard someone say something like, “We don’t have all these races. There’s only one race… the human race.” While that may, in essence, be true, American values and social norms have established structures that sort … Continue reading Yes, there is only one Race, the Human Race, but…

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 2,242 other subscribers

Three-Fifths on Facebook

Three-Fifths on Facebook
  • Home
  • About
  • Thoughts
  • Empowerment
  • Perspective
  • Realtime
  • Give Now
  • Media
  • Subscribe
  • The Reading Room
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Three-Fifths
    • Join 170 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Three-Fifths
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar