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Putting Our Minds to Finding Work Solutions for The Under-Skilled May Be the Most Patriotic Thing We Can Do

For practically every family, the ingredients of poverty are part financial and part psychological, part personal and part societal, part past and part present.  Every problem magnifies the impact of the others, and all are so tightly interlocked that one reversal can produce a chain reaction with results far distant from the original cause. If… Read More Putting Our Minds to Finding Work Solutions for The Under-Skilled May Be the Most Patriotic Thing We Can Do

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Elizabeth & Hazel, 2 Women from Little Rock; Inherently Unequal – Can we talk about racism?

Can we talk about racism? At noon today, I will present my synopsis of Elizabeth and Hazel:  Two Women from Little Rock by David Margolick.  Two weeks ago, I presented my synopsis of Inherently Unequal:  The Betrayal of Unequal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903 by Lawrence Goldstone.  I did not enjoy reading either book. … Read More Elizabeth & Hazel, 2 Women from Little Rock; Inherently Unequal – Can we talk about racism?

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Walton Coggins (Boyd Crowder in Justified) Teaches Us a Lesson about Racism

I teach Speech Communication.  One of the subjects we dwell on is “ethnocentrism.”  It is a fancy, academic word, that basically means “I think that my group is better than your group, so I will focus on my group and, in some way or another, think less of your group.”  There are a lot of… Read More Walton Coggins (Boyd Crowder in Justified) Teaches Us a Lesson about Racism

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