Here we are again and why we say Black Lives Matter

Oakland, Cleveland, Ferguson and so many other cities and towns and now, Baton Rouge. Another Black person dead under questionable circumstances involving the police. Another life taken too soon. Another family left to grieve. Another community wanting answers. Wanting justice and knowing it’s unlikely to come. We have been down this road many times before …

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Truth and discomfort or why we must talk race

“Hey! Using the internet is appropriating white culture! I hope you don’t plan on using electricity, automobiles, or computers during your conference because whites invented all that, you know. Also, don’t plan on eating, because the chances that white farmers made the food is pretty high.” – Comment left on BGIM Facebook page “Just pointing …

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Collective humanity or collective fear?

Racism, homophobia, Islamophobia, xenophobia, misogyny, downward class mobility and wage stagnation. The global community is in a state of crisis as we all find ourselves operating in an ever changing world where too many of us fear that we are losing our grasp on our carefully constructed reality. Last week’s stunning vote in the United …

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