It is utterly exhausting being black in America — physically, mentally and emotionally. There is no respite or escape from your badge of color. The contemporary division between whites and blacks in America arises out of the white conviction that the Read More...

The alleged racism of cabdrivers who refuse to pick up black males is a virtually mandatory entry in the ledger of discrimination maintained by many black scholars and activists. As an African American, I am fed up with some taxicabs, fed up with having Read More...

There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their Read More...

Religious discrimination is one of the top subjects as of now and the most talked about. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of their religion in hiring, firing, promotions or other terms Read More...

How is it that we're rounding the corner on almost two years since Katrina, and my recent trip to New Orleans shows me that this city is still a colossal mismanaged mess? How is it that, some 19 MONTHS after the storm (not days, not weeks, MONTHS), there Read More...

We’re all no different, we’re all the same. We all rear children, love, hate, strive, fail, experience, joy and pain and ultimately die. Despite all these human similarities, the people that I’ve experienced the most hate from is my own people. People Read More...

In thinking of a topic for one of the first RACE blogs, the question(s) "Why race/ RACE ?" seemed as good a place to start as any. So, here goes... From my perspective, we need to learn about race and address racism... Because, as a young child, I knew Read More...

2007 and racism is still a topic of concern, interest, debate. Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if it was eliminated or is that really just a dream? It's 2007 and after wars, protests, deaths, sacrifices, blood shed, memorials.... we are still looking Read More...

It is not an expression of iconoclasm. It is not an expression of solidarity with the birthplace of civilization. It is not an expression of the unity of all mankind. It is not getting back to the most natural state of things. It is not any of these things, Read More...

White privilege. Two words with a huge history. Two words that don’t get a lot of discussion outside of certain circles. As I suspect is the case with most white people in America, I wasn’t aware of the concept growing up. I knew about racial and class Read More...

“Discrimination is a plague that hamstrings corporate productivity and steals the dignity of all mankind. Is that a definition of ‘Un-American’?” The prototypical discrimination claim is for race discrimination or sex discrimination. The first anti-discrimination Read More...

Thirty years after the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s, race is still the most divisive social issue of our time. Where we once spoke only of racist acts or individuals, Americans have now become accustomed to hearing their country described Read More...