What would the world be like if it were monochromatic? If we truly could not see color or if everything was one color? So much of the world’s beauty would cease to exist. Our world would be void of colorful … Continue reading The Problem with Colorblindness
It was a nice, suburban, country club of a church. Not just ordinary niceness, but professionally polished, customer-service-type niceness being provided by a cheerful, uniformed team of multiethnic ambassadors. Some held signs directing the flow of traffic in one hand … Continue reading White Jesus, Black Judas: We See You See Color
My mother and I almost died on the operating room delivery table. I had some complications at birth. Around five years old, I had an operation to improve my ability to walk. Although I overcame several odds stacked against me … Continue reading We Need to Transcend Beyond Color Blindness
At one time, Irish, Italian, and Polish were not considered White in America. Currently, we see some of those of Irish, Italian, and Polish descent who experienced discrimination in the labor and housing market historically oppress others as they have … Continue reading This is America!
How do you stop a bad habit? How do you silence an off-color joke? How do you unsee something outlandish, and how do you undo something that has been done for years, centuries, and even longer? That is the dilemma … Continue reading The Other Side Of The Track
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
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