Today is the United States of America’s Independence Day. As a Black woman…I’m still waiting for the true freedom that has been promised. July 4, 2018, was significant for me. It was my professional Independence Day when I wrote my letter of resignation from the longest job I had ever had and a job …
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7/4/18 – The day I wrote my resignation letter from the longest job I’ve ever held – exactly 11 years. It was also the absolute best job I’ve ever had while simultaneously being the worst job I’ve ever held. The BEST job I ever had because I absolutely loved my amazing team, the amazing teen …
It’s 2021 and we are still experiencing “the first Black” in way too many aspects of society from business to sports. It’s certainly not because Black people are an inferior race. (As a Sociology professor, let me remind you that this is not the time to tell me that race is a social construct.) Today …
Authenticity: Saying and doing the things that I truly believe! Although most people who meet me think I am shy or quiet, I have always advocated for myself…and for almost everyone else LOL. I mastered code-switching decades ago – an essential life skill for Black people. Diplomacy is a transferable skill that has served me …
Today is July 4, 2018. America’s Birthday. Independence Day. Signed on July 4, 1776, The Declaration of Independence contained these words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit …