February 2010
February 23rd, 2010
Written by Taelonnda E. Sewell in Stereotypes & Labels with 3 Comments
Sometimes talking to co-workers can be a welcome break for the tough grind of the workday. Discussing what happened on last night’s popular television show, or joking about a funny incident that happened to a co-worker can build better working relationships or company pride.However, the discussions are not always positive or humorous. What happens when a co-worker says something offensive like...
February 23rd, 2010
Written by Tim Glanfield in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
For some, Britain is a glowing example of multiculturalism that continues to embrace cultures and races from across the globe.For others, it is a fallen giant of a bygone colonial age, lacking direction, and struggling to retain an identity as the very notion of “Britishness” remains diluted.It is against this confused and at times volatile background that more than sixty million Britons live,...
February 21st, 2010
Written by Cassandra Frank... in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
When Jolanda Williams looks in a mirror, the image she sees is a warm peach complexion framed in dark silky hair, high cheekbones beneath almond eyes, and full lips that slip into an easy, radiant smile. She has a face that could belong almost anywhere in the world, Mexico, India, or Indonesia. Yet Williams, the daughter of a white German mother and a black American father, has spent the better...
February 21st, 2010
Written by Sascha Zuger in All About Family with 1 Comment
I disagreed with the director at my son’s preschool. As a progressive and politically correct institution, she used Black History month to teach what she believed to be age appropriate lessons about the injustices of American history in regards to African-Americans.My son is one-quarter Mayan, one-quarter Caribbean, so cultural diversity is high on my list of priorities, but my child is three. He...
February 21st, 2010
Written by Katherine L. Nu... in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
I live in a small rural town that connects to the Canadian border. It is an area where the old adage of, “neighbor helping neighbor,” still exists, and I am proud to call Bonners Ferry home. Designated the “Friendliest Town in Idaho,” for the past six years and counting, it is a place where the people never hesitate to step up and offer help to those around them.As a former journalist and...