race Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/race/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 23:08:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Whose fault is it? https://smthingscount.com/2019/10/25/whose-fault-is-it/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:07:27 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8511 Sixteen-year-old Noor ran the best race of her life–then was disqualified. During the pre-race uniform check, her teammate was told she was in violation and

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]]> Solution Sunday https://smthingscount.com/2019/03/20/solution-sunday/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:32:10 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7859 A couple of senators got together and came up with an idea that can actually unite rather than divide us–Solution Sunday. It involves food, conversation,

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]]> Racing to a Better Finish https://smthingscount.com/2017/12/21/racing-to-a-better-finish/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:12:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6513 Did you see the story about Arianna Letterman?  She ran the Dallas Marathon.  In a different race on the same course she saw a woman

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]]> Why Hate https://smthingscount.com/2017/11/14/why-hate/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:22:41 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6396 The FBI just came out with a report on hate crimes in the U.S. in 2016.  They cited 6,121 cases during the year, BUT those

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]]> Who’s at War? https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/06/whos-at-war/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 16:11:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6031 There’s no such thing as a war between countries, as Francois Fenelon points out in today’s Thursday Thought quote: “All wars are civil wars because

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]]> Child Abuse, Racism, and Harvard https://smthingscount.com/2017/06/05/child-abuse-racism-and-harvard/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:55:08 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5939 Harvard is taking back the acceptances of ten or more students after seeing their comments on Facebook.  They’re part of a racist chat group.  Their

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]]> This Rule Should be Broken https://smthingscount.com/2015/12/18/this-rule-should-be-broken/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:38:13 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4373 [Sometimes, keeping the rules exactly as written is absurd and even harmful.  Following is a story from Change.org about just such a case.  They have

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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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