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Part V of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM
Today, I had a new appreciation for his anger, sadness, pride and perseverance as not a father, a husband, or a Broker but a BLACK MAN.
Part II of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE LIFE WHEN WHITE IS THE STATUS QUO AND ANYTHING ELSE IS “OTHER?”
Britain’s racism hasn’t disappeared; it’s just gone underground. When white is the status quo and anything‘other’ is exactly that, where do you go? For me, it’s Morocco.
TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY
Those in the U.S. typically presume wrongful legal convictions are the result of a few “bad apples” — a dirty cop, an overzealous prosecutor, or a corrupt judge. But what if the whole tree is rotten? What if the whole concept of an adversarial system
WHAT IS BLACK?
IN TERMS OF PEOPLE, BLACKNESS IS NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH HOMOGENEITY. 3 MINUTE READ Around the globe, no matter where you find the shade of skin that ranges from milky to mocha, deep chocolate to charcoal, as varied as the skin […]
Part IV of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- I AM STRUGGLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BEING BLACK IN MY WHITE RELATIONSHIPS.
This Kenyan Global Nomad wants you to know how dismissal feels. 4 MINUTE READ “I grew up in Kenya, where everybody around me was black, so being black was not an issue. In fact, I did not even recognize my […]
Part III of VI: What Blackness Looks Like- WHAT COLOR IS ACCEPTABLE?
I have always known I was black (the term of the time) but it was never an issue and more of a marking of my physical identity, no difference. There were no presumptions or idea of who I am. “I am Sonja — want to be friends?
ASIAN ALLIES: The Activism We Need Today
The Asian American experience of racism in the U.S. and the need for alliances with African Americans and POC.
CoVid-19 – How to Survive Through the Eyes of ESSENTIAL WORKERS
Part VI of VI: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES DURING CoVid-19. – U.S.A., ISRAEL, JAPAN, CANADA. 13 MINUTE READ As the world waits for the effects of CoVid-19 to subside, essential workers are helping society keep our civilization afloat. Through the eyes of […]
