Lessons from my Life: Growing Empathy
My aunt was a renowned local opera singer, an African Diaspora opera singer (RIP), and that is how I got introduced to the world of classical Western music. The Jazz came from other family members. I got into a debate
INEQUALITY IS NATURE: Let us not Disrupt White privilege
Let me examine a statement: Income and wealth outcomes cannot be made equal. This is a part of the human condition and is deeply rooted in human genetic differences, environmental differences, and behavior. . Talking about reducing inequality is like
Race and IQ: On our To-do list
The funding problem is a major problem. The list of research we need to do that only AHS can do within an African framework is endless. RaceThe funding problem is a major problem. The list of research we need to
Leaders The US Has Assassinated
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/05/cia-long-history-kill-leaders-around-the-world-north-koreaThis video is good but lacking a lot of names like Gaddafi, Sadaam, etc.
Psychology of Racism
When we look back into antiquity and see the horrors of previous generations it is easy and self-serving to separate ourselves from them. "That was during Jim Crow", or "That was during apartheid". Oh, that was a terrible time in
Race is not Stable, Transhistorical or Biological
RACE is not eternal, race is very 21st century and was only born in the age of Enlightenment ( with Hume and Kant). There is no Transhistorcal concept of race nor is “race” a universally agreed upon concept. Black in
Egypt is NOT in Africa
Ghana was not the first African country to formally gain independence, Egypt did so in 1922. But Egypt was not considered Africa proper. I ask since when? It is ironic that the notion of a Black Africa or a
Farrakhan On Gaza: Nail on the head
Farrakhan is still looking good and still relevant despite some questionable opinions coming his way regarding Trump which still have us confused. As if Trump's negative engagement with media, criminal justice has some sameness with ours as people of African
BRICS: The end of a unipolar world
Described as an informal association uniting the largest economic group of nations in the southern hemisphere which is referred to as the Global South, it incorporates distinctive features of 40% of the world’s natural resources, huge population, and intricate ethno-diversity.
How the Irish became White
When we use the term "White" we need to understand the context in which the term is being used. Tim Wise is an expert on whiteness and how it was invented. Even Fanon said whiteness's existence relies on the stability