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Are Employers Failing Black Workers? Many organizations and businesses boast of their commitment to hiring workers of color. But change with regard to diversity in the workplace has happened slowly, if at all. Professional occupations like medicine, law and...- Posted September 16, 2019
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Goodbye, Mr. President Every four or eight years, a new President is inaugurated and the existing President exits the White House. But this particular year, it wasn’t just any president exiting the White House, but the first...- Posted February 14, 2017
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You Can Thank Me Now: Reflections on President Obama’s Legacy The closer it gets to January 20th, 2017 the more I find myself able to truly process the gravity of what has been occurring. For the last eight years, myself and other millennials have...- Posted January 17, 2017
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Are You A Victim of Economic Discrimination? In recent years, our awareness about workplace discrimination has grown considerably. We are aware that our employers cannot and should not discriminate against us on the basis of our gender, our ethnic origin, our...- Posted January 11, 2017
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The Dark Side of Integration in Education There was the overt racism, which I saw frequently enough. A white parent once came to a school board meeting, stationed himself in the front row of the audience section and asked how the...- Posted January 4, 2017
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Erase the Fear: My Experiences with Citizens Academies While our great country has thick societal scars, we have created landmark legislation in a generation that has had profound impact on the lives of a segment of the population. The Civil Rights Act...- Posted December 20, 2016
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“It is What it is – Dad.” I had a conversation with my young teenage son reflecting on the 1960’s and the Black Panther movement. He asked me what I knew about it since growing up very young in the South...- Posted September 13, 2016
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Just Be A Man About It On Friday, January 8, 2016, the Obama Administration hosted its first ever “White House Dialogue on Men’s Health.” The event featured U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and White House Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Broderick...- Posted February 10, 2016
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Simple Tasks for Preventing Discrimination in the Workplace Discrimination. It’s a human quality. Some have it; others despise it. In the workplace, it can be a source of power for the cruel, or a weakness which the subservient are subjected to on...- Posted April 10, 2015
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Martin Luther King Day Message I’ve sent this note out every year for the past several years and do so again because it is timeless. Perhaps it is my advanced years but every year I am struck by the...- Posted January 17, 2015