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Racial and Cultural

How Omarosa became my shero or how I just want to be good enough

May 23, 2017November 2, 2013 by Shay

The cultural mandate to stand in our own personal truth has reached the point where it is almost meaningless, after all who defines truth? What does it even mean to stand in our own truth? What if my truth is different than your truth? Clearly “truth” is in the eye of the beholder; yet sometimes …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural Tags Bethenny Frankel, Omarosa

Pain and discomfort aren’t always bad…why talking race is a must

May 23, 2017October 29, 2013 by Shay

One of the challenges inherent in discussing matters of race often, is that either people lose interest or if they know you personally you soon start noticing a pattern where you are no longer on the invite list. Worse yet people question your motives and see such dialogue as divisive. After all can’t we just …

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Why Blackface just won’t go away

May 23, 2017October 28, 2013 by Shay

It seems this weekend while I was busy learning the fine art of how to become a yoga teacher, the social media world was ablaze with a viral Blackface problem. I wish I could say that I am shocked but I am not. Last year when my now grown up kiddo was slugging away in …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural Tags blackface 2 Comments
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