Okay ~ so have you heard this one? It just cracks me up. A District Attorney (DA), a lawyer and a Social Scientist (SS) walk into a bar. They pull up to the bar and each sits on a stool. The DA sits on a stool in the middle of the two ladies. The SS [...]
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HI 404-016 #4: HA! This One Just Cracks Me Up!!!
Posted in African American, Black, disproportionality, Oppression, prison on February 10, 2011 | 43 Comments »
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 [...]
