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I can stop apologizing. I have been vindicated – validated even. Read the two paragraphs below from the book ‘This Is What It Sounds Like’ (page 104) written by neuroscientists Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas: “…the audio signals that impinge … Continue reading →

“How old was she?” The question was asked in response to a story regarding customer behavior in a bank. If the listener instead had asked – “How black was she?” – we would have (and should have) been shocked and … Continue reading →

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One morning this week I went to the garage in search of a handful of food books I had stored away this past winter; amongst them “In Defense of Food” written by Michael Pollan in 2008. That afternoon (unrelated to … Continue reading →

In 1760 General Jeffrey Amherst, commander-in-chief of the British army declared, “Indians always do mischief.” (Blackhawk, page 149). This sentiment set a tone that has persisted now for 265 years of white American antipathy towards all other races and (later) … Continue reading →