Tag: anti-racism
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Trump-The Symptom not the Problem
Many of us were shaken by the recent news of President Trump testing positive for Covid. The reactions among the public varied. Some, wished him a speedy recovery while others… quite the opposite. Twitter exploded with new rules and regulations about not wishing harm to people.While most that know me will agree that I’m not […]
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Technicolor Exposition of Diversity
by Leslie Anne Lee Technicolor Exposition of Diversity I would like to frame my thoughts by history. I think back over the various events in our nation’s relatively young past and I am struck by the fact that so much of the conflict we have been involved in has come not because of color, but […]
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Chavis evinces harsh truth about Black childhood in the U.S.
Childhood is typically characterized by absurd amounts of fun, impromptu adventures, and living a carefree and blissful existence. However, for many Black children, childhood is not so joyous or innocent. This harsh truth is a direct result of living in a society in which little Black boys and girls experience bullying, racism and trauma because […]
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Addressing Systemic Racism in Education
One day, down a Twitter-hole, I happened on some tweets by high school students. The tweets were about the things their teachers had said to them because of race/ethnicity: I found this out as the University of Central Florida made local Orlando news when psychology professor Charles Negy came under fire for his some of […]
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