Prescription for Dr. Laura- Racism and Manners 101

By | cultural diversity, Diversity, Dr. Laura Schlesinger, interracial relationships, racism

Having seen the clip of “Dr” Laura where she couldn’t stop herself from using the “N’ word, I’m more disgusted with her than ever. She makes me sick with her ranting. It was more than her repeating the “N” word it was that she told this woman that she shouldn’t be so sensitive when her husband’s family used it, and…

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Is Diversity and Inclusion for Real at Target? (or do they just want our $$$)

By | diversity and inclusion, equality, Gregg Steinhafel, LGBT marriage, Target

The CEO of Target, Gregg Steinhafel donates $150,000 to a group called MN Forward, a group running ads for gubernatorial candidate, Tom Emmer. Emmer voted against domestic partnerships for state workers and supports a Christian punk rock band with a violent anti-gay message. LGBT employees and their allies, along with consumers protest the donation. Information is made public that Steinhafel…

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In Praise of Shirley Sherrod, George Wallace and Malcolm X

By | cultural diversity, diversity and inclusion, Malcolm X, racism, Robert Byrd, Shirley Sharrod

Shirley Sherrod an official with the USDA, recently lost her job because she told an audience at a local NAACP chapter meeting that she had not given a white farmer “the full force of what I could do” to help him save the family farm. She then went on to say that she knew it was a mistake to differentiate…

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