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When Racism Flag Waving Becomes A Petty Sport
I‘ll admit that I am exhausted with the topic of race. This is not to say that I agree that we have entered into a mythical post-racial society, but the discussion is so rife with poor judgment calls, poor assessments, and bull-horn bullying that I’ve begun to openly wonder if the language we now [...]
Read moreObama Gets Nobel Peace Prize for Effort
“What has he done to deserve it?” “This is premature, at best.” –comments on Twitter questioning the validity of today’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Short-term memory is a bedeviling condition. One that plagues many of us when times are better than others. Yes, the U.S. is fighting a two-front war. And yes, war is, in [...]
Read moreFollowing Up on the Gates Affair
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a free man, but the furor over his arrest is not showing any signs of abating. While I believe the Cambridge police overstepped the bounds of good judgement when they arrested the scholar in his own home, I still find Gates’ new found awareness of racial profiling incredulous and [...]
Read moreTaking it to the White House
Today has finally arrived. Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. I, for one, will be glued to my television at noon. I woke up this morning anxious and tense, not because it is inauguration day, but because I have got so very much to do work-wise. I [...]
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