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A CONTINENT OF PARADOX AND IRONIES For over a decade – actually it seems more like forever – the world has declined into a sort of chaotic state as...

Call it what you will, “me too” will call it what it is: cultural appropriation. When I turned on the radio early one morning the beginning of last week...

ALWAYS PLAYING CATCH-UP   Are four young Africans on the cusp of a viable 21st century discovery, or will this one be like others I’ve heard about, but which...

They stopped using guns to subjugate and placate, now its words to dehumanize… Each time I hear another story about the matter dealing with the issue of race and...

Don’t dismiss her; she’s speaking of her experiences…   Matters of race and racism, their manifestations and ramifications are always so hard to talk about publicly, and are often...

All those two Korean men, and many people around the world were thinking, saying and singing…   I watched with great interest on CNN, a late Thursday night here,...

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the idea of “diversity training…” What exactly is the expected outcome for people with that certain affliction, which they continually use...

Celebrating a renowned global civil rights icon The spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was ubiquitous last Wednesday, April 4, as peace-loving people of various stripes converged...

SOME GOODNESS, SADNESS, EVIL AND BADNESS Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou is still missing, but his parents and extended family and friends, other good parents and thousands of concerned citizens are...

Last year I watched a PBS documentary about the Korean War, with heart-wrenching images of men killing other men on a battlefield in the dead of winter. Having seen...