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Becoming a New Yorker

Sometimes you have to leave home to find out where you’re from For most of my life I never fully understood what it meant to be from New York. I knew New York City was special but not from personal experience. It had a mythical quality born from the stories…

New York

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Becoming a New Yorker
Becoming a New Yorker

Jun 11, 2021

American Races

An Analogy for Racial Inequality in America The various forms of disadvantages faced by the African-American community today are the direct consequence of America’s past and present struggle with racism. When I was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I was given a simple analogy to explain these inequalities…

Race

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American Races
American Races

Jan 7, 2021

An American Insurrection

Reflections on the death throes of Trumpism What exactly did we all see yesterday? Why did thousands of Trump supporters engage in a violent attack on the most sacred symbol of American democracy? Was their sacking of the US Capitol Building an expression of righteous indignation, patriotism, and duty to…

Trump

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An American Insurrection
An American Insurrection

Sep 11, 2020

Reflections on 9/11

For a moment we were all Americans It was my second week as a Ph.D. student. I had gotten over the initial jitters of being a new teaching assistant, meeting my professors, and engaging an entirely new level of work. Overcoming some significant struggles and hurdles, I was settling into…

9 11 Attacks

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Reflections on 9/11
Reflections on 9/11

Published in An Injustice!

·Sep 6, 2020

The Myth of White Wokeness

There is a difference between an awakening and a reckoning — Race relations in America have once again taken center stage in our social and political discussions. The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor have become the foundation of national calls for an end to racism, especially as it relates to police brutality. Unfortunately, the shouts for social and legal…

Racism

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The Myth of White Wokeness
The Myth of White Wokeness

Jul 10, 2020

America’s Virtual Journey of Discovery

Part 1: How America learned to learn online Born at the tail end of Generation X, mine was the last to fully understand education as a face-to-face experience. By the time I started my undergraduate work in the mid-1990s (five years after the official start of the Internet) the concept…

Education

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America’s Virtual Journey of Discovery
America’s Virtual Journey of Discovery

Jul 5, 2020

Trump’s Legacy

Why Things will get worse before they get better I am on record admitting that I was one of those who got it very wrong in 2016. But given the stakes, I’m also on record stating that Donald Trump will lose for sure in 2020. The conviction stems from the…

Politics

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Trump’s Legacy
Trump’s Legacy

Jun 28, 2020

Trump Will Lose for Sure This Time

Because he's worked harder to lose in 2020 than democrats did to win in 2016 I was one of those who was sure Donald Trump would lose in November 2016. For me, the idea of anyone voting for him after the infamous ‘bus video’ seemed so remote that it was…

Trump

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Trump Will Lose for Sure This Time
Trump Will Lose for Sure This Time

Jun 19, 2020

Educating Equality

A Juneteenth reminder that “Knowledge is Power” This is both a somber and exciting moment in Black history as we mark the 155th anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States. It is a somber moment as we remember the generations of African-Americans who suffered for 200 years…

Education

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Educating Equality
Educating Equality

Jun 13, 2020

Grudge Against Racism

Sometimes sorry isn’t enough…. So, one of my many shortcomings is a tendency to hold a grudge. Having grown up mostly on my own I came to see the few friends I had as the most important things in my life. Conversely, I tend never to forget individuals who played…

Race

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Grudge Against Racism
Grudge Against Racism
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