A few days ago, out of the blue, a congressman had to resign amid reports that he had written inappropriately to a page, a high school student selected to participate in special programs for the federal government. During the ensuing hubbub, it turned out that he had engaged in the practice for awhile, and it […]
The way most of us who do seminars on diversity approach the subject is from the point of view that people are people, regardless of the differences in their backgrounds, and that we all must at least give consideration to those facts so that we can treat each other fairly in this world. Though that’s […]
(originally published April 18th, 2006) I can’t even repeat my first thoughts from earlier today when I heard that the Alabama legislature had given final approval to a bill, called “The Rose Parks Billâ€, that sets up a process to “pardon†Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr, and others who had been convicted of violating […]
(originally posted March 6th, 2005) A couple of years ago, I participated in a program called Community Wide Dialogue here in the Syracuse, NY area. The services are conducted by the InterReligious Council of CNY, and what they do is bring a group of people together of many different races and social classes and have […]
(originally posted February 28th, 2005) Jamie Foxx completed his magical season by winning the best actor award at the Academy Awards. History was made, though, when Morgan Freeman won the best supporting actor award, beating none other than the same Jamie Foxx. There had never been two black winners in the same year before, and […]
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