Category: Blog

One of my subscribers, Nanette Massey, penned a reply to a recent post, "Layer Upon Layer:  Uncovering Bias."  Nanette lives in Buffalo, is an activist and writer, and has conducted workshops there and in Rochester on bias and racism.  I asked her permission to publish this as a guest post, and she agreed: Hi Frank.… Continue reading “Where’s the Beef?”

I normally publish new posts on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.  But we're in the midst of so many important holidays for so many people. So let me just say:  Thank you - for being a subscriber, for reading these posts, for commenting on them, and for whatever you're doing to work… Continue reading A Holiday Message

One week after the November 5 election, the lame duck Monroe Country Legislature passed a law:  “Prohibited Harassment of a Police Officer, Peace Officer or First Responder in Monroe County.”  The Republican sponsors declared it a matter of “urgency” in order to short-circuit process. Now, who could possibly object to protecting these public servants from… Continue reading The City/Suburban Divide in Living Color

We’ve become a society obsessed with labeling.  As sides are drawn in every realm of our existence, we seem hell-bent on categorizing each other, depositing anyone who opposes our thinking in some bucket from which there is no escape. Author Ibram X. Kendi (How to Be An Antiracist) is seeking to steer us off this… Continue reading “I Am Not a Racist – Sometimes”

“Like fighting an addiction, being an antiracist requires persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism, and regular self-examination.”  Ibram X. Kendi Since I began intentionally to learn about racism five years ago, I’ve read probably 100 books about it, attended dozens of workshops, viewed countless videos, scoured innumerable articles, engaged in hundreds of conversations with Black leaders and… Continue reading Layer Upon Layer: Uncovering Bias