To Asian American Public Servants: How Are You Doing?
This post isn’t so much a call to do better or be better, but a question I’ve been wanting to ask the community since the beginning of COVID-19.
Posts Tagged: racism
America’s Dilemma: Addressing Racism in the Workplace
This belief system has been applied to many parts of our lives to manifest turmoil among millions, causing long-term mental and physical hardships. It is time to take a stand, publicly denounce racism and promote inclusion.
It’s Time to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis
Racism is taking a toll on the physical and emotional health of people of color. Now is the time for governments to set policies and contribute to the solution of improving health outcomes for all people.
From King to Obama: Will Millennials Save Us From Racism?
The promised land that King saw in his dream is in sight. The race is not finished. We need some fresh legs to complete the last few miles. The question is, will Millennials take us across the finish line?
One More Symbol to Wipe Out
The Nazi flag has been designated to the landfill of history. The Confederate flag is about to come down in South Carolina. Unfortunately, one flag still flies high in our nation’s capital, the flag of the Washington R-Word, an emblem of suffering, shame and racism to indigenous people in the USA. During the Confederate flagRead… Read more »
Millennials: Diverse but Color Blind
Millennials are a tough generation. They have the privilege to be the first generation to live their formative years under terror threats and two controversial wars. They ushered in a new era of school violence with the Columbine shooting. They witnessed firsthand hand domestic terrorism with the Oklahoma City bombing. They had to get comfortableRead… Read more »
White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, professor of multicultural education at Westfield State University and author of “What Does it Mean to Be White: Developing White Racial Literacy” has come up with a new phrase that is certain to create more volatility around the notion of privilege-white fragility. She defines white fragility as a state in which white peopleRead… Read more »
How Racism Begets More Racism
Amanda Blackhorse is a Diné American Indian and lives on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. She is the lead plaintiff in Blackhorse v. Pro-Football which challenges the trademark protection of the term “Washington Redskins.” She and four other plaintiffs won their case against the Washington football team in June 2014 when the Trademark Trial andRead… Read more »
NBA Commissioner’s Zero-Tolerance Leadership: A Management Model for the Federal Workforce
The Coalition For Change, Inc. (C4C), a support network and civil rights advocacy group, which formed to combat employment discrimination in the Federal workplace, says National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Commissioner, Adam Silver’s leadership-style serves as an excellent model for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and other federal agencies professing to weed out rampant discrimination inRead… Read more »
Racism: Alive and Well in Today’s Politics
The Huffington Post reports on comments made by RNC chairman Michael Steele: The Young Republicans convention was held in Indianapolis last weekend and their election of a racist, middle-aged woman as President isn’t the only controversial item to come out of the GOP gathering. Local Republican blog Hoosier Access was able to get RNC ChairmanRead… Read more »