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Please Join Us
"...and the world will live as one." - John Lennon Dear friends, I'm delighted and grateful to announce a conference opportunity that I...

Carlos
Jul 16, 20221 min read


Scouting a Path Towards Social Justice
Recently, I had the pleasure and honor of supporting a Boys Scouts of America troop in the process of earning a newly created Eagle Scout...

Carlos
Jun 11, 20225 min read


Because We Love Our Children
I’ve been wondering why a message like the one below has not yet been delivered to the powers that be. —------------------------- To: All...

Carlos
May 29, 20222 min read


“The Colonial System Unveiled.”
This article chronicles the history of the stunning oppression of Haiti. It answers the question many (including myself) have likely had...

Carlos
May 23, 20222 min read


Phony "Parents Rights" Politics meets a Right-speaking Parent
I am grateful for this full-throated rebuke of cynical and vicious attacks on people who uphold the need to teach facts and critical...

Carlos
Apr 22, 20221 min read


Divine Heresy
From New York Times In This Time of War, I Propose We Give Up God By Shalom Auslander April 15, 2022 "God, it seems, paints with a wide...

Carlos
Apr 16, 20221 min read


United Notions?
I recently had a second discussion with Jen Richmond and David Bernstein of the Hold My Drink podcast, and the Institute for Liberal...

Carlos
Apr 14, 20221 min read


I will teach you a different sort of dignity
My son sent me the words of a father to his son. Together that makes four of us in the urgent, crucial, and joyful struggle to transcend...

Carlos
Apr 7, 20226 min read
In ‘social-emotional learning,’ right sees more critical race theory
By Laura Meckler, Washington Post, March 28, 2022 "So, this past fall, the district implemented a social-emotional learning (SEL) program...

Carlos
Mar 29, 20222 min read


An Educator Read ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to Children. Then He Was Fired.
“I Need a New Butt!,” which was published in 2012, is marketed to children ages 4 to 8 and tells the story of a young boy who sets off to...

Carlos
Mar 12, 20221 min read


How to Confront Social Bias
[Referencing "A Coach’s Homophobic Taunt Forces Him to Reconsider the Weight of Words" New York Times, March 10, 2022] 1 - Someone...

Carlos
Mar 10, 20222 min read


Just You & Me
[They] drew a circle that shut me out Heretic, rebel, thing to flout But love and I had the wit to win We drew a circle and took them in...

Carlos
Feb 17, 20222 min read


Neo-Nazis target anti-racist doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital, calling them 'anti-white'
Like so many places across the country, here in Boston, we must acknowledge the violence being visited upon exemplary citizens doing...

Carlos
Feb 3, 20221 min read


‘This Painting Could Be the Future’
Artist Jonathan Harris on Why His Viral Image ‘Critical Race Theory’ Struck a Chord Around the Globe January 24, 2022 And what if it does...

Carlos
Jan 25, 20221 min read
How the Pandemic and Anti-Asian Violence Spurred 2 States to Change History Lessons
"Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have long faced racism and violence based on harmful stereotypes, including a recent...

Carlos
Jan 25, 20221 min read


On this MLK Jr. Day
How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed His Mind About America BY KERMIT ROOSEVELT III -JANUARY 17, 2022 Roosevelt is a professor of...

Carlos
Jan 17, 20225 min read


Lies (of Aversion) My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me is a book by University of Vermont sociologist and historian James W. Loewen (first edition published in 1995)....

Carlos
Jan 17, 20223 min read


Dialogues Beyond the Master’s Map: An Invitation
My journey has taken me past constructions of race, past constructions of mixed race, and into an understanding of human difference that...

Carlos
Jan 7, 20223 min read


How racism in early life can affect long-term health
OPINION: Excessive adversity activates biological reactions that can lead to lifelong problems in physical and mental wellbeing. By Jack...

Carlos
Jan 4, 20224 min read


Nikki Giovanni Has Made Peace With Her Hate
By David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya "I am a space freak. As a little girl, I shared a bedroom with my sister. And I got to...

Carlos
Dec 30, 20212 min read
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