Publisher's Note
Publisher offers an analytical perspective on current or historical issues and event about race and race relations in the United States
February 4th, 2010
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
February is Black History month, and it presents an educational opportunity that can aid us in closing the great racial divide between blacks and whites.
Designating February as Black History month is the nation’s attempt to correct its lack of acknowledgment and treatment of African-Americans in the normal annals of America’s history. While it is a good remedial effort, the month-long...
January 26th, 2010
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
Are we, like the generations of Americans before us prepared for the “War of the 21st Century?” President Obama, Congress, our troops, and our nation require the united support of every citizen in this country. It must be a collective New Year resolve because the war on terrorism is unlike any war previously fought.
This war will last long into our future history, and it will require us to attack...
December 22nd, 2009
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
Too often, we define the state of our heath and happiness, our security and prosperity by the state of our pocketbook or bank accounts. If we can afford to enjoy the kind of life style that we desire – whether that is defined by a type of house, a kind of automobile, how many times we go out for dinner, go out on the town, or simply how much money we may have squirreled away – we somehow equate...
November 16th, 2009
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
The audacity of hope. Why not the audacity of honest conversations?
About race and ethnicity, that is.
Rather than just participating in a sporadic conversation born of out of a reaction to some incident that is beamed to us by satellite via our favorite medium of communication, or something we witnessed at work or play, we must willingly engage in whatever opportunity that presents itself as we...
September 12th, 2009
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
A lasting victory against terrorism will be achieved only when we invest in educating ourselves and future generations on the peoples, cultures, religions and lifestyles beyond our own.
Our nation can spend unlimited resources to find Osama Bin Laden, dead or alive, and behead Al Qaida forever … perhaps. We can wage wars to topple future Saddam Husseins.
Over time, we might even rid the “Axis of...
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