HOW A CONVERSATION ABOUT A BLOW-UP SANTA LET THE AIR OUTTA MY JOLLY
Hell naaaaw! Please don’t tell me that you have one of those huge blow up Santas in your front yard, I teased while laughing hysterically. I was talking to one […]
Braids and Blindness
This summer, me and my teenage sons spent almost five exciting, humbling, fascinating and educational weeks touring Thailand, Bali and Hong Kong. Besides ensuring that passports and immunizations were current, […]
These Ears Are Deaf to Any Apologies for a White Person Using the “N-Word”
My career as a Diversity & Inclusion Strategist, Speaker, Educator and Writer has taught me a few things: Typically, I have the ability to see and appreciate both sides of […]
The Accused Cannot Be the Judge
I’ve stayed in more hotels than a popular hooker; and I’ve heard more confessions than an elderly priest. As a diversity trainer, I used to travel around the country to […]
Choice Between Educating the Mind and the Spirit: Diversity and Private School Education
A man with shoulder-length, hemlock-wood colored hair, who looked as if he longed for the Woodstock-era, the Beatles and free-love – although he hadn’t even been conceived then, took to […]
A 4-Step Approach for Marketing Firms to Stop Alienating Black People
Every quarter, some well-paid executives sit in black leather chairs circled around an oval, wooden conference table in a room with dark blue carpet, a screen, wall projector and white […]
Black Folks’ Masks, White Folks’ Tears & Beyonce
I am not White. Let’s get that out of the way. But I think I have a real understanding as to why many White folks are so rattled by Beyonce’s […]