Recently a friend who was writing a doctoral dissertation about racism, asked me to share some of my major assumptions about racism, how it functions, and how to work to eliminate it. Continue reading “Assumptions (Convictions) About Racism in United States of America”
No Racism Immune System!
Recently a phone conversation with a newspaper reporter led me to reflect on an incident in the Boston area in which some highly visible, educated “liberals” were caught publicly with their collective racism showing. Continue reading “No Racism Immune System!”
We Have “No Problem”…Again
About twenty years ago whenever the issue of racism was mentioned in the presence of my white suburban friends there was always someone to assure us that “we don’t have that problem here.” Continue reading “We Have “No Problem”…Again”
Pluralism and Racism
A genuine concern for a culturally pluralistic society is emerging. Numerous commentators on social trends have written asserting that white ethnic groups will increasingly claim and affirm their heritage. School systems are beginning to adopt Evaluation Guidelines for Multiracial, Multicultural Education, and teachers online gaming are developing supplementary units stressing an appreciation of diversity. The “melting pot” theory is dead. Continue reading “Pluralism and Racism”