Defining Moments … When Race Becomes An Extraneous Detail
Sometimes there is a defining moment and we know that every tomorrow will be different from yesterday,…
Racial Prejudices
No Jews Allowed … Religious Labeling Lasts A Lifetime
I stood in the school washroom waiting for my new friend, Betsy, to finish primping. We…
Muslim Comics
When comic Dean Obeidallah took the stage not long after the September 11th terrorist attacks, he did…
Adapting To Being The Other … When Ethnicity Defines Who You Are
It was not easy growing up half Honduran and half Arab in an all black suburb of…
Race And The “A-Word”
Articulate. On its own, the word means nothing more than its Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of “divided into…
Recognizing The ‘American’ In ‘African-American’
I am never quite sure if the title African-American grew as a direct result of awareness principles…
Origin Of “Redneck”
Say the word “redneck” and you never know what reaction you’re going to get. The word has…