Tackling Microaggressions in a Post-Trump Era
As a member of several online Facebook groups, one trend I noted was the concern from Women of Color (WoC)...
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My Friend is a Superhero – The Story of a Free Children’s Comic Book About Diversity and Disability
Sometimes we need to be the change that we want to see in the world. Philip Patson - Creative and...
Educators Must Reach Out to Minority Students to Close Education Gaps
More students are graduating high school than ever before, with recent studies suggesting that 82 percent of high school seniors...
Leaving Abusive Relationships Is Especially Hard for People in Minority Communities
Partners in abusive relationships — with psychopaths, narcissists, and other disordered individuals — often suffer in silence. This is especially...
Social Work Professor’s Research Shows Implicit Bias by Institutions
Dr. Susan McCarter, Associate Professor of Social Work, UNC Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Susan McCarter has spent the last 20...
Know Her Truths: Why Black Women and Girls Matter
Recently, I had an amazing opportunity to attend the Know Her Truths: Advancing Justice for Women and Girls Conference hosted...
Privilege and Power: The Role of Shame and Self-Awareness
If you are a helping professional, chances are you were trained in self-awareness and learned about its importance. In fact, self-awareness...
What Racists and Child Rape Apologists Have in Common
I remember interviewing two women back to back for a federal research project. Both women were black. They were mother...
The Governance Agenda: Black Lives Matter and Protest Politics
The Black Lives Matter Movement has inserted itself into the 2016 Presidential Election. From its initial confrontation with Senator Bernie...
Co-opting Fear to Influence Policy Making and Political Discourse
The challenge in American race relations is both historically complex and steeped in a flawed rhetoric. However, there is also...
Microaggressions and Trigger Warnings Are Being Deemed Liberal Views Limiting College Students
After reading the article Coddling of the American Mind in the Atlantic, I felt compelled to pen a response. The...
Identity, Racism and the White Problem
Unfair Campaign Many of us watched, in utter astonishment, at the unfolding story of Rachel Dolezal and her misrepresentation of...
5 Ways to Avoid Assumptions
We all do it. See someone new and, within seconds, our brains start making up stories about them. Or we...
A Boy or A Girl or A Person: the Lack of Recognition for Intersex People
Not surprisingly, Fox News presenter Clayton Morris had to apologise for his ‘ignorant and stupid’ comments mocking the new gender...
Duffy Books in Homes Working Towards Literacy for Kids
Recently, I spent an hour at Rosebank Primary School in Avondale, Auckland, speaking as a Duffy Books in Homes Role Model. It’s something...
The Problem with Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The people of color that I’ve been talking to are getting kind of sick of the equity, diversity, and inclusion...
Resignations and Employment Relationships — I Quit?
I’ve been reflecting on the complex dynamics of employment relationships (ER) — let’s call them ERs because of the acronym’s...
Capacity Building for Communities of Color: The Paradigm Shift and Why I Left My Job
When I first got out of grad school with my Master in Social Work, I was a bright-eyed kid full...
Are You or Your Org Guilty of Trickle-Down Community Engagement
A while ago, I was talking to a friend, another Executive Director, and he said, “Have you noticed that everyone...
Power, Prejudice, and Paradox
I've recently changed how I describe myself or, more accurately, my experience. I now talk about "my paradoxical experience as...
