black Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/black/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 23:12:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 News and Beliefs https://smthingscount.com/2020/08/17/news-and-beliefs/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:57:24 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9579 As I watch the news, I’m struck by the subtle ways that prejudice is spread. Nobody notices, but our brains do. So we accept it,

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]]> February–An Important Historical Month https://smthingscount.com/2020/02/03/february-an-important-historical-month/ Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:38:44 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8858 Know why February was chosen as Black History Month? Because of the birthdays of two important U.S. historical figures–Abraham Lincoln (issued the Emancipation Proclamation) and

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]]> Time Change Blues https://smthingscount.com/2018/11/07/time-change-blues/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 17:34:49 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7452 Anyone else feeling like this? My body just wants to go to bed AND get up at 8.

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]]> When Will Diversity Finally be Ignored? https://smthingscount.com/2017/11/08/when-will-diversity-finally-be-ignored/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 18:50:12 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6380 I was struck by the diversity of yesterday’s elective winners. Hoboken, N.J.’s newly elected mayor is that city’s first Sikh American to serve in that

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]]> What are Your Chances of Being Hired? https://smthingscount.com/2015/12/16/what-are-your-chances-of-being-hired/ Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:41:19 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4370 We’ve come a long way in banishing discrimination in hiring.  Or have we?  This video presents an interesting–and disturbing–picture.

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]]> “Black-on-Black Crime”–a Biased Oddity https://smthingscount.com/2015/08/17/black-on-black-crime-a-biased-oddity/ Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:03:13 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4068 As a word person, I usually spot language oddities that have underlying bias that often goes unnoticed.  Here’s one that I’ve missed, although I don’t

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]]> Manipulating Guilt and Innocence https://smthingscount.com/2014/12/01/manipulating-guilt-and-innocence/ Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:02:31 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3315 Think about who you would believe.  First, there’s a person whose TV and newspaper pictures show in various scenes: in a graduation gown, with earphones

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]]> Easy Black Friday https://smthingscount.com/2013/11/29/easy-black-friday/ Fri, 29 Nov 2013 23:07:53 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2302 I actually ventured out today.  Normally Black Friday finds me cowering in bed, head covered against the cruel world.  But we’re doing some work on

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]]> Black/Hispanic Women Worth $100 https://smthingscount.com/2013/09/17/blackhispanic-women-worth-100/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:33:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=2073 The average single black or Hispanic woman has about $100 IN NET WORTH. The Insight Center for Community Economic Development reported that median wealth for

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]]> Martin Too Black or Too Young? https://smthingscount.com/2013/07/16/martin-too-black-or-too-young/ Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:47:56 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1869 There’s a type of profiling in our society that people upset with the Zimmerman verdict are overlooking.  Instead of profiling Trevon Martin as a BLACK person,

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