Little Known Executive Order on Diversity & Inclusion: Obama’s Pragmatic...
TweetExecutive Order 13583 issued by President Obama in 2011 is perhaps one of the least-discussed and little known executive orders, despite its significant contribution to diversity and inclusion in...
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When the Bullets Aren’t Rubber: Racism and Violence in Brazil’s Protests
TweetOn June 13, Brazilian military police shot journalist Giuliana Vallone in the eye with a rubber bullet. That night police violently repressed a street protest in São Paulo, Brazil where thousands...
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National Dialogue on Race
TweetTrayvon Martin’s tragic death has inspired nationwide demonstrations and calls for action that have reverberated all the way to the White House. President Obama’s spontaneous and heartfeltwords...
View ArticleReading for National Dialogue on Race Day
TweetThe National Dialogue on Race Day happening later today at Tufts University Center for the Study of Race and Democracy hosted by Prof. Peniel Joseph will focus on three broad themes and...
View ArticleThe Black Counter Frame: Critical for Much Racial Change
Tweet In my The White Racial Frame book I not only discuss this age-old white racial frame, which accents both white virtue material and anti-others material, but also the important counter frames to...
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Everyday Racism: First Mobile App to ‘Step into another Skin’
TweetRacism happens in everyday encounters, in interactions between people. Resistance to everyday racism happens everyday, too. Now, there’s an app for that, too. A new app for iOS and Android that...
View ArticleAmy Chua’s “Triple Package”: Success Formula for Some?
TweetIs success monolithic and limited to certain groups? Attributes of success cannot be monopolized by certain groups, cultures, ethnicities, or religious groups. Most people that are successful, in...
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Juneteenth — Marking the End of Slavery
TweetToday is Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery. As you may already know, the news of the Emancipation proclamation came late two months late to Texas, and the holiday is meant to mark...
View ArticleA Salute to John Conyers
TweetOn January 6, 2015, distinguished guests and US politicians gathered to celebrate the unveiling of Representative (now Dean of the US House of Representatives) John Conyers’ portrait that will now...
View ArticleThe “Coming White Minority”: Brazilianization or South-Africanization of U.S.?
TweetTo understand the so-called “browning of America” and “coming white minority,” we should accent the larger societal context, the big-picture context including systemic racism. “Browning of...
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