I stood three feet away from my mother, holding the dark red knotted up ball of yarn. She held one end of the yarn, and began patiently unraveling the knots, creating a new mound of usable fiber. The yarn was … Continue reading Unraveling and Un-othering
Othering is a way that we create distance between ourselves and other human beings. Operating from an “us versus them” mentality, it can be a form of denial and a crafty defense mechanism. I co-facilitate a workshop with Dr. Alana … Continue reading I’m not like “those people”
We were hosting an introduction meeting with two new contract employees who would be responsible for helping our Fortune 500 organization with acquiring new talent. We could not hire permanent talent fast enough to meet the growing demands for new … Continue reading Othering in America
Hope you enjoy this mmm – mmm, mouth-waterin’, finger-lickin’, lip-smackin’, seed-spittin’ piece! Continue reading Fried Chicken & Watermelon: Ingredients for Un-Othering
“Precisely at this point when you begin to develop a conscience, you must find yourself at war with your society.” James Baldwin I have always been fascinated by jigsaw puzzles. I really enjoyed the challenge of being able to put … Continue reading The Haves and the Have Nots: Dismantling Othering in America
I grew up in what is Ecuador’s privileged majority: the mestizos, the result of Spanish colonizers mixing with the Indigenous population. Mestizos were the group that achieved independence from Spain in 1822 and has remained the largest ethnic group in … Continue reading The antidote for othering
On the night of Halloween in 1938, Orson Welles panicked a nation when he aired a radio drama version of “The War of the Worlds.” The broadcast was an adaptation of H.G. Wells’s novel about a Martian invasion of earth. … Continue reading Fear of a Black Planet: A story of mass psychosis
Every community has its own history. My community, northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA), isn’t much different. NEPA has its destinations for skiing, hiking, and fishing. We have top schools as well as business incubators to start your business. You would think NEPA … Continue reading We Need to Address The “Othering Crisis”
December 20th of last year, the Netherlands issued an apology for its part in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Could that signal the beginning of the end of a discriminatory system established many centuries ago, or is it simply a blip … Continue reading The Power To Make A Change: Angels of Agency
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