Tag Archives: diversity
Of special powers, ADHD, dyslexia and autism
Imagine your kid has special powers. She can read minds, has penetrating vision, superhuman hearing. She can go a million miles a minute. That’s my daughter, Kai: hyperactive, dyslexic, autistic. I was ironing her latest Fuse Bead creations tonight — a purple-legged octopus, an orange-and-yellow-tipped star, intricately patterned hearts, a tiny dog with the appropriate [...]
Posted in What I figured out | Also tagged authenticity, autism, emotion, family, language, my stories, openness, parenting | 1 Comment
My responsibility as a white guy
A sharp Metro State College student asked me about my earlier post on racism during my guest lecture yesterday. He seemed to get the gist of my story, but I could tell he was confused. I think I was too cute in that post, and I liked my answer I gave him better: As a [...]
Posted in Opinion | Also tagged communication, culture, dialogue, emotion, language, my stories, openness, President Obama, racism, racist | Leave a comment
Why white guys hate to be called racists
Why shouldn’t you call us white guys racist? Because that’s name-calling and in “post-racial” America we should be neo-mature. Besides, we white males don’t have to be racists to help perpetuate inequality. We can do that by being unaware and/or uncaring about what it’s like to live in the U.S. when you are not white [...]
Posted in Opinion | Also tagged culture, Henry Louis Gates, James Crowley, language, my stories, racism, racist, rhetoric | 1 Comment
Freedom isn’t free
The students lined up at the front of the lecture hall to take a crack at the professor. He had the audacity to argue that annihilation of the Native American cultures was inevitable. Two weeks of this Colorado History class at CU-Boulder was consumed by students trying to jar the professor from his position. But [...]
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