We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Although I don’t speak about it much I still think about Renisha McBride. I wonder how her family is doing. Renisha was the young woman who was shot in the face with a shotgun by Ted Wafer. According to…
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See With Your Eyes But Listen With Your Heart
I watched her tears roll down her face as she described how unattractive she felt because of her skin color. Her pain was deep. Oprah and Iyanla recently presented a “LIFECLASS” on the OWN network that explored colorism. Colorism is a psycho-social effect of living in societies where skin color become associated with subjective factors….
Policing the Black Mind and Body
In the past 10 years across every major city, there have been an increase of cameras watching us. Go here to see a visual map for the real time traffic cameras in NYC, http://nyctmc.org/, or here for various spots in California, http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist1/d1tmc/1_cam.php?cam=4. Ok, so you don’t drive very much, how about McDonalds, Wal-Mart of K-Mart,…
How To Respond To The Dreaded Half-Smile?
As many of you who know me, know that I earned my masters (1998) and doctorate (2000) in clinical psychology from the University of Rhode Island. Much of my research has focused on the causes and effects of discrimination, prejudice, identity development, and racism. For my masters thesis, for example, I examined white women and…
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