Setting it Straight: Race and Racism, Minority Groups
Reaching back in time to discover and shine a light on events and peoples whose roles in shaping history may be unknown, misunderstood, or misrepresented.
February 27th, 2012
Written by Cindy Ferraino in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Each year during Black History Month, the family of Wharlest Jackson, Sr. gathers at the site of his murder on a cold winter evening in 1967. On February 27, Jackson was going home after his shift ended at the Armstrong Tire and Rubber plant in Natchez, Mississippi. As he headed along Minor Street, Jackson’s truck exploded and pieces of everything including the shoes he wore covered the street...
January 17th, 2012
Written by Diane Reynolds in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
In The Mystery of the Ivory Charm, fictional sleuth Nancy Drew encounters an “oily” and “cumbersomely turbaned” Hindu named Rai. Rai, a circus performer, comes from India “the land of mystery,” and practices a faith described as “very superstitious, a cult, and not normal.” In this action-packed mystery, Nancy Drew, representing Western “rationality,” rescues the young maharajah Rai has helped...
December 20th, 2011
Written by Rita Rizzo in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
“Joy to the world! The Lord is come. Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room; And heaven and nature sing!” This exuberant Christmas carol is sung by millions around the globe each year at the Yuletide, but is it really a Christmas song? The words hardly sound as though they are trumpeting the birth of an infant, but more like an announcement of the coming of a patriarch....
December 15th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Unlike our brave men and women coming home from Iraq after serving and getting the job done for their country, we cannot say the same about our elected officials here at home.
In the Halls of Congress, we see our elected officials take actions that defy plain old common sense, repeatedly refusing to pass needed legislation. What are sensible ordinary citizens to do when education, facts, and an...
November 5th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 1 Comment
Irrespective of what you think of Herman Cain, the current Republican Party with its Tea Pot tempest (the Tea Party), President Obama, and the Democratic Party, each election represents an educational opportunity that can assist in closing the great divide between the “haves” and “have-nots.” There are many lessons for us to learn and many opportunities to make our government work more...
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