You’ve got time for this class and it is brought to you by Jenée Desmond Harris. It is a lesson that must be learned and that bears repeating. Harris starts from the beginning of race and no, she does not begin in the book of Genesis. Lie #1 struck down. Race is not that old. […]
It comes from the Department of Post- Racial America and is used to assure us that “race is a thing of the past.” It’s a clever video and certainly offers another way to look at the incidents of police- related deaths involving unarmed African American men and women against the hope of a post- racial […]
Trayvon Martin. Most Americans know his name and the story of his death. But, now his name is strangely associated with Halloween. Apparently, some persons think that it is acceptable to dress like a dead child and in blackface, no less. I cannot even begin to describe the callousness of those who think it good fun […]
post-ra·cial adjective denoting or relating to a period or society in which racial prejudice and discrimination no longer exist. “a post-racial era” There are numerous books on the meaning, the possibility and impossibility of a post- racial America, a post- racial society, a post- racial world. I have a few on my bookshelves. There was […]
There is no end to the miseries caused by our belief in the social construct of race. There continues to be incidents of racial profiling, racist practices and racialized views of our humanity and its cultures. I could write about an incident involving the impact of our belief in race every single day of my […]