Racial Justice

The Prison Industrial Complex: Modern Day Slavery The prison industrial complex is used to describe the direct correlation between the U.S. inmate population and the political influence of private prisons. Private prisons, also known as for-profit prisons are run by a third party that is contracted by the government. There are currently…

Once you label me you negate me. — Soren Kierkegaard, from “Either/Or” — Is it either or — surely the depths of my identity are more to explore. Black Womanhood: the in-between of space and time — a continuum best suited for another parallel. Intergenerational trauma against our bodies that were not our own — hands-free to roam a beaten and shackled territory…

Like it or not, Zendaya is not a Black woman. Race is a social construct. It is shaped by society’s values and perceptions of race at the present time. In the early days of European settlement in what is now the United States, the idea of whiteness was not well-defined…

Either/Or Poem Once you label me you negate me. — Soren Kierkegaard, from “Either/Or” Is it either or — surely the depths of my identity are more to explore. Black Womanhood: the in-between of space and time — a continuum best suited for another parallel. Intergenerational trauma against our bodies that…

In my latest book, The Social Impact Advantage, I talk about how businesses need to shift their focus from short-term profit maximization to long-term value-generation and increasing overall well-being. Today business leaders can easily get distracted by a “winner take all” mentality and miss out on important opportunities to do…

Read Part I of this interview here. Lynn Burnett: Let’s dive into two of the major themes that your wonderful book, Combined Destinies, explores: White guilt and shame. How do you distinguish between those two emotions, given that they’re often used synonymously in our society? Ann Jealous: I think of…