Legalize! Why it’s time to end Nixon’s legacy
Categories: Drug Week
Once upon a time, a racially-charged, paranoia-driven warhawk of a Quaker was our President. Right now, despite our dire economy and record unemployment, we are spending hundreds of billions of dollars every year to continue a failing crusade against drugs, primarily marijuana, one that Nixon engineered. Seventy-five percent of people under age 34 favor legalization – let’s just do it already!
Love may be colorblind, but others aren’t
Categories: Hope
While research shows that Millennials are more comfortable with interracial relationships than any other generation, this author’s experience says otherwise.
A Reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.
Categories: Hope
I recently attended a roundtable discussion about King’s legacy. During the discussion, we watched a video that showed a different side of Martin Luther King Jr. His friends were interviewed and their comments and memories of him revealed a man who had many passions and someone who was quite the ladies man. I was shocked [...]
We’re All Just A Little Bit Racist
Categories: Hope
Racism in 2010 is not overt. It can’t be. Not all the time anyway. In order for it to survive, it has to thrive in the same places as intelligence, “free thought,” and open-mindedness. Racism in 2010 exists more in the form of “comedy” than anything else. It’s the little inappropriate things we do to [...]
I Have A Dream: When Racism Is No Longer A Part of Politics
Categories: Hope
This Martin Luther King Jr. day my thoughts stray to the day, almost one year ago, when America’s first African-American president was sworn in. I was lucky to find myself in the country on such a momentous occasion. I saw a proud nation open its arms to change, with a hopeful gaze on what could be [...]
Racism, Comedy, And Hope For Haiti
Categories: Hope
Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 at the age of 35, and continues to be the youngest male to ever win the prize. When he was assassinated on April 4, 1968 the world was robbed of the most effective human rights icons of the 20th century. As a powerful speaker [...]
Is prejudice (racial, religious, gay) less prevalent in Gen Y than in previous generations?
Categories: Respond
There’s a perception that with each subsequent generation prejudice recedes at least a little. This generation helped elect the nation’s first Black president. It appears to be more openly accepting of gay marriage. It’s also likely to be the last, or second to last, generation born into an America in which whites are the majority. [...]
