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June 1, 2020 Today, I write to you as a Black man and as President of Emerson College. There is no other way to write to you, given recent events. I didn’t sleep Friday night. Instead, I spent the night, like a moth drawn to a flame, looking again and again at …
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4. If you or a friend is an educator, buy said friend books that feature POC as protagonists and heroes, no matter the racial make-up of the class. A few good lists are here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. And/or purchase educational toys that feature POC, such as finger puppets, Black History Flashcards, etc for their classroom. Use these items …
Ok, Karen, Sharon, Becky, Jenny, let's get on the phone. 3. More and more stories of black folks encountering racism are being documented and shared through social media — whether it’s at a hotel, with the police, in a coffee shop, at a school, etc. When you see such a post, call the organization, company, …
2. Google whether your city or town currently employs evidence-based police de-escalation trainings. The racial make-up of your town doesn’t matter — This needs to be standard everywhere. Write to your city or town government representative and police chief and advocate for it. Multiply your voice by soliciting others to advocate as well, writing on …
I came across this article (posted below) on twitter yesterday and I am committing to doing all 75 of these suggestions. I will keep you posted on my progress and urge any and all of you to commit along with me. I quote Martin Luther King all the time-- “It may well be that we …
At a pre-covid dinner party, I made one of my usual off-hand provocative remarks a propos of I can't remember what. I said: "Well, of course, time doesn't really exist." This elicited skepticism and doubt and I launched into my usual minimally-informed blather about Einstein and Entropy. But I think in this very strange …
Yesterday was another especially brutal day in the US in terms of racial justice. Or not. It's just we now have the videos to show what is simply another day for the black citizens of our country. Life-threatening harassment while bird-watching, being murdered for going on a run, police brutality ending in cruel death. Not …
Happy Memorial Day. This is from my run in Riverside Park. And thanks to the Royal Academy, here are some mini tours (under three minutes) through the gardens of Claude Monet at Giverny Pierre Bonnard at Vernonnet Emile Nolde in Seebull Max Liebermann in Wahnsee and Henri Le Sidaner in Picardy And for some meditative walks …
On a good day... https://media.giphy.com/media/5dkiNJvWnL1RK/giphy.gif And this is how I feel on a bad one... https://media.giphy.com/media/BmP44PntOd6eI/giphy.gif
