BLACK LIKE ME Okay, so do you remember a book called ‘Black Like Me? In the ’60s a white journalist goes into the deep south. He colours his skin so he would look like a black man and. This was during a time when African Americans were under racial segregation. This gives a whole new…
IS THERE SOMETHING ON MY FACE??
IS THERE SOMETHING ON MY FACE? Years ago a baby came into my life, well a baby to me. I guess the child was about 3 years old. I knew it’s mom and her first child but I hadn’t met this child. Well when the child came into the room and saw me, it started…
‘LIMING’ & ‘CHILLIN’ MAY EQUAL RELAXING ??
WHAT IS ‘LIMING & CHILLIN’ When black people get together (excuse the byword) they love to chill & Lim. It’s just something we do. In fact, you do it too, in fact, most people do it. I’ll fill you in on what it really is. It’s really like relaxing but kinda not’ … lol. Let’s…
LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE!!
Living Your Best Life You could ultimately be living your best life you know. It is absolutely within your grasp. Parts of it all seem to be so inconsistent. You feel like you have a grip on it, whatever ‘it’ is, but then it seems like you lose that grip. Perhaps the discipline wasn’t afforded…
CAN I OFFER YOU A GLASS OF IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS WITH A HINT OF EXPLICIT …???
PROVE IT! The Acts arent Facts… do Policies even work? There at those of our racialized groups that feel most of the time that either they put up with the probable implication or inference of bias or they have to hope that there may be an explicit opportunity for them to be aggressed so they…
THREE LIFE-CHANGING SECRET QUESTIONS! … TRANSFORMATIONAL!!
Changing this huge part of my life affected every other area … TRANSFORMATIONAL!! THREE LIFE-CHANGING SECRET QUESTIONS… 1. Did You Get Through it?!? 2. Did You Get Through It Another Time! 3. Did You Learn From It! … And Exactly What Was That! 1. Did You Get Through it?!? Life has changed so much for…
3 DIRTY WORDS ….. IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS
ON THE JOB When there are no complaints from employees, managers seem to think that ‘all is well’. What happens now? … people don’t speak up! that’s what. Most people don’t report discrimination and managers depend on it. They can dehumanize and villainize the racialized without any reprimand to stop acting out … stop the…
The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr-
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY REMAIN THE SAME!! Two Streams of thought, two social identities. Truly the Dychotmy & Duality of two nations. How systemic is this racism anyway? How infected and affected is this system anyway? Oh yes, I know how you feel. Yes, it is a Rabbit Hole; so time-consuming…
STRENGTHEN YOUR MIND!!!
STRENGTHEN YOUR MINDS What do you think about strengthening your mind? We are in a war that we cannot fight physically. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the Matrix or a movie called ‘Get Out’. Have you ever heard of Lesser Magic?? It’s in most movies you watch. We are aware of the outright…
A NEW YEARS GIFT FOR YOU!!
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