Category: Blog

I have the good fortune to spend time interacting with leaders, mostly business leaders, some NFP, governmental or community.  Recently several white leaders have told me stories that share a common theme:  stepping out and taking risks in order to counter historical institutional racism.  A few examples: The white CEO of a publicly-held company in… Continue reading White Leaders Taking Risks

This is a question that I’ve often read or heard in conversations with white folks about racism, particularly when police brutality or “Black Lives Matter” are on the table.  The challenge is used by the alt-right but also by sincere white questioners.  So I’ve been taking a look at the contention to understand the issue,… Continue reading “What About Black-on-Black Crime?”

News Item:    Rochester ranks high on yet another undesirable list about segregation in the United States. Let’s say I’m a white suburbanite – maybe Fairport - and a small-business owner. Why would I read that article? There’s enough depressing news on a broad range of issues already. Besides, this is one I can’t really… Continue reading “Why Should I Care?”

The prior post consisted of quotes that were decades old. Here, contemporary Black commentators attempt to penetrate the wall of white deafness.  I encourage you to read with a fresh openness: "....And no, they ain't in love with your mouth.... What you say out of it they will not heed.  What you scream from it… Continue reading Listen Up!!

(If you wondered:  an injury has kept me off the keyboard, so this post is a week late, and abbreviated.) I’m listing some quotes here from Black people.  You may have “heard” these before.  I invite you to read them as if for the first time.  Allow the words to penetrate.  I’ll begin with some… Continue reading In Their Own Words….