By Rivka Galchen — 2014
The rise of Misty Copeland.
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I learned very early that to survive in this broken world there is a never-ending need to “support, nurture, and protect what we hold dear” to keep it from being damaged, hurt, or destroyed ……which also includes myself.
This article analyses interviews with 18 Chinese Australian managers and local councillors engaged in various forms of diversity advocacy and practice.
I am horrified at the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. And I pray for the families of the two police officers who died on their way to help.
Close to 11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestors don’t even identify as Hispanic or Latino.
“Just a reminder: the system in what is currently known as the US isn’t ‘broken.’ It was designed by male white supremacist slaveowners on stolen Indigenous land to protect their interests. It’s working as it was designed.” ~Dr. Adrienne Keene (Cherokee)
A question many have been asking is what it will take for the racial healing that the world so desperately needs. Rachel Ricketts explores this topic in her new book Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy.
Serene Jones discusses the concepts of grace and sin in this 2019 interview.
As both James Baldwin and Martin Luther King, Jr., insisted, America is an identity that white people will protect at any cost, and the country’s history—its founding documents, its national heroes—is the supporting argument that underpins that identity.
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What is shocking is how many white folks are trying to distance themselves from the problem instead of being part of the solution.
Buddhist teachings are grounded in principles of interdependence, non-separation, and reverence for life, supported by practices of mindfulness and compassion.