Dear Dr. Al, Just curious: is it possible for an oppressor to be unaware (or at least, maybe unreflective) it is acting as an oppressor? Or to put it another way, are the consequences the same for the lost people if the oppression is calculated and intentional (for example, U.S. policy to exterminate Native Peoples [...]
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Dear Dr. Al: Unaware Oppression – Is it True, Possible, Real, Honest?
Posted in Black, Cultural Identity, diversity, University, tagged Bias, Black, difference, Unconscious Bias on August 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Dr. Al: Forming an Academy for African Americans
Posted in African American, college, Cultural Identity, diversity, education, tagged Ethnic MInority, school on August 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Dear Dr .Al, When our class met with the mayor he talked about the possibility of forming an academy for African Americans. Do you think this would be advantageous for the improvement of cultural learning, or do you think this could be detrimental due to the segregation that would be created between Caucasian and African [...]
HI 404-016 #3: When Caricatures Become Reality
Posted in Black, college, diversity, education, Oppression, tagged prejudice, race, Racism on February 3, 2011 | 35 Comments »
What our brain takes in is very much determined by our environment. The smells that we find favorable and unfavorable are determined by our environment. The foods we find acceptable and flavorful, unacceptable and gross are very much determined by our environment. Friend, foe, safe, unsafe…are taught to each of us by our environment. The [...]
HI 404-016-2 Reflections on Crash
Posted in diversity, education, Oppression, Success, Uncategorized, tagged diversity, Movie on January 27, 2011 | 39 Comments »
Share your thoughts on any aspect of the movie Crash…not on the movie as a whole. Site fragments of the movie to bolster your comment. Link your thoughts to something physical or emotional as evidenced in the movie. Here are a few tag words to jar your writing. POWER INSENSITIVITY TENDERNESS FEAR APPREHENSION PAIN IGNORANCE [...]
BLACK SKIN
Posted in African American, Black, diversity, education, multicultural, Oppression on January 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Listen ~ The Black color just pisses some people off! It simply infuriates them. It’s got nothing to do with why. There’s no “why” to it. They just shake and bubble with anger. You can’t ask them “Why?”, ‘cause there’s no “Because!” It’s an actual, physical bubble-up of pain, anger, resentment, “piss-off-ed-ness.” They would aggress [...]
What if all the Kids Were White – huh! Would Diversity Still be Important?
Posted in diversity, multicultural on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was at a meeting recently and this White guy, about 5’ 11”, 200lbs, starting his rotund process, steps right under my chin and declares: “What if all the kids were White huh! There wouldn’t be a need for all this diversity crap, right?” So I ordered two cups of coffee…decaf for him. We sat. [...]
Re: Not Enough Diversity of Oprah’s OWN
Posted in diversity on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
From CLUTCH magazine on line: “The founder of BET, a entertainment network for African-Americans, is calling out Oprah Winfrey on her new startup, OWN, otherwise known as the Oprah Winfrey Network. Sheila Johnson believes that the media mogul is not doing enough to encourage diversity on-air.” The question posed was – Do You Agree? My response [...]
DIVERSITY HIRING: 2
Posted in African American, college, diversity, education, hiring, multicultural, technical college on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is not my blog. I picked it up off Blogspot this morning. It is a post by Dean Dad. The entire blog is reposted here for your review. The response (below) is mine. Enjoy! Diversity Hiring I’m on the horns of a dilemma here, and I’m hoping that crowdsourcing the problem might lead to a [...]
WHY IS DIVERSITY SO IMPORTANT????
Posted in diversity, education, higher education, students on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the continuing effort at popularizing my blog, I have begun the process of subscribing to others with similar emphasis. We’ll see if it works. Here is a comment I posted on another blog this morning. Enjoy! Listen ~ The move toward diversity is a business imperative. As the world shrinks and your market-population becomes [...]
50% Suspensions: It Happened When I was Asleep…Honest!!
Posted in African American, Black, diversity, education, students, Success on November 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
So we make the central focus of our intervention – suspensions. Boy that’s stupid! And, let’s just think of this for a second: You have half of your school suspended? You mean that (a) somebody has to point that out to you, and (b) you still have a job? Hmm! If we follow that logic, [...]
