Jon Gruden, Zero-Sum Thinking and The Big Lie

Jon Gruden, Zero-Sum Thinking and The Big Lie

The Resignation of Jon Gruden On Monday, October 11, Jon Gruden resigned from his position as Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in the NFL (National Football League) after the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times revealed emails in which Gruden repeatedly made...
What’s All the Fuss About Critical Race Theory?

What’s All the Fuss About Critical Race Theory?

On May 5, 2021, Rev. David Brown, a diversity advisor at Temple University held a public conversation about the themes of my book Disrupting Whiteness. The event was sponsored by the Inside-Out Prison- Exchange program, which brings together traditional undergraduate...
How Racism Hurts White People

How Racism Hurts White People

(Adapted from my book Disrupting Whiteness: Talking to White  People About Racism0 The Hidden Wound In the wake of the Derek Chauvin trial there has been a great deal of speculation and prognostication that Chauvin’s guilty verdict might signal a shift in the public’s...
A Teachable Moment on the True Nature of Racism

A Teachable Moment on the True Nature of Racism

The recent accusation of racism that led to the firing, apology and offer of a new job to Shirley Sherrod is instructive of many things on several levels. For those who may have missed it, conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart took a statement of Shirley Sherrod out...