I happened to read John McWhorter’s article from Time Magazine (November online, December in print) just yesterday. He’s married to our cousin, so my mom likes to clip articles she sees by him. It’s sort of the adult equivalent of putting your child’s artwork on the refrigerator because you’re so proud. But in this case, it…
I got this my email today: I was a career day speaker at a Chicago Public School last year. This year I was disinvited. Mr. Sims, We would like to thank you for dedicating your time to this year’s career day. Unfortunately due to the nature of the content that you presented to our young…
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul published four newsletters a month for 10 years. That’s 48 newsletters a year—or close to 500 newsletters. That’s a lot of content and a lot of work to go out in your name. Why would you do that if you never read it—suggesting you really don’t care what it says. Marketing…
The short version of the review of Hop is that People Magazine gave Hop 3 (out of 4) stars and my son liked it. It features a cute bunny and a cute leading man…something for the kids and for the moms…plus 100’s of adorable baby chicks. How could you go wrong, right? But early on…
5-years-old seems really young to explain to a child about racism, prejudice, inclusion and exclusion. Yet we know that even at that tender age our kids are already barraged by images and messages on TV and media and have possibly already experienced being left out or made fun of for being different themselves. Just ask…
(this post originally ran 5/4/10, but I always thought the re-imaged photo at the end was under-appreciated. Hope you enjoy it) So from this ad am I to understand that if I chew Trident Wite I’m 35% more likely to get out of a speeding ticket? Is that only true for beautiful white women? What…
Quick. Gut answer. If you see an African American and a Caucasian person debating Affirmative Action, which side of the fence would you imagine each is on? As students prepare to return to college for the fall, an article on NPR last week explored “Affirmative Action: How Far Have We Come?” reflecting on the case…
Dear Frank DeFord, meet your new friend, Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor, accused of raping a 16-year-old girl. Perhaps he knows your other friend Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, accused of sexually assaulting a 20 year-old girl, who you defended as just “boys being boys” in your editorial on NPR last week. Okay,…
I need to go take a shower. I just caught myself talking to my husband’s kindly Indian colleague over the phone like he was an idiot, plus I read this article by Tim Wise “Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black,” and realized I am guilty. (This is a must read!) One, because looking…
My colleague was conducting a training during a “train the trainer” session this week on Intent and Impact, the idea being that in communications, sometimes our Intent does not equal the Impact we intended. For example: “That sweater you’re wearing is really interesting” (intended as compliment). Unexpected impact: “You hate it don’t you?” (Spontaneous reaction: …
