We are living in a market-driven society and the negative impacts are far-reaching and often not recognized…
Contamination Can Be Significant
All around the world there are many cultures and traditions. Cultures are unique and have been around of thousands of years. Some may think it is vital to preserve their culture and traditions. In some places around the world they are not hip to the contemporary issues, and other ways to have…
“The self without sympathetic attachments is either a fiction or a lunatic.” — Adam Phillips
Can the value of human kindness return as a vital thread in society’s moral fiber? This might be one of the most potent questions of our time…
To Be A Warrior
Audre Lorde is a badass. The Urban Dictionary defines “badass” as “someone who stays true to themselves, always…being themselves for themselves, and not being fake to impress others. A badass does not give up. Badasses will always push themselves for the better, no matter how hard it gets.” For Lorde, the…
In “The Case for Contamination”, Kwame Appiah, talks about the ways in which cultural transformation (or more appropriately, the ways in which assimilation to the Western culture) is influenced and occurs in the world. As a Cosmopolitan, he comes from the perspective in which “all humans…
In her compelling piece, The Transformation of Silence Into Language and Action, Audre Lorde invites…
James Baldwin is a honest brotha who stood up for the African American race in America. He spoke and wrote from what he has witness in this injustice society born in the 1920’s. Baldwin experienced racial harassment and endured many obstacles trying to find his identity…
In “A Talk to Teachers,” James Baldwin describes the purpose of education as creating “in…
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