It’s been said that the first revolution in consciousness came in 1543, when Copernicus argued that the Earth is not the center of the universe. Our paradigm of our place in the cosmos was upended. The second came in 1859, when Darwin revealed that humans are not distinct from nature or our close cousins, theContinue reading “The Fault that Lies Within Us”
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A Latinx Perspective on Racism
Hispanic. Criollo. Peninsular. Castizo. Mestizo. Ladino. Raizales. Palenqueros. Pueblos Indigenas. Quechua. Aymara. Zapotec. Pardo. Zambo. Afro-Latinx. Afro-Carribean. Negro. Moreno. Mulato. Cultural Mulato, Latinx… Is your head spinning yet? That’s just a taste of the intersectional world of racism in Latin America, where skin color is also deeply and inextricably marinated in colour, culture, class andContinue reading “A Latinx Perspective on Racism”
The Problem with Systemic Racism is You and Me
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, the acting secretary of Homeland Security opined that he doesn’t believe there is a “systemic racism problem” in policing. HUD Secretary Ben Carson also chimed in that “that kind of thing is very uncommon now.” As absurd as these statements sound, here’s the dirty secret about systemic andContinue reading “The Problem with Systemic Racism is You and Me”
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