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 Why the concern with WOKE/CRT and the Woke Generation Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Lyrics "Wake Up Everybody" Wake up, Everybody, no more sleeping in bed No more backward thinking, time for thinking ahead The world has changed so very much from what it used to be There's so much hatred, war, and poverty, whoa, oh Wake up, all the teachers, time to teach a new way Maybe then they'll listen to whatcha have to say Cause they're the ones who's coming up, and the world is in their hands When you teach the children, teach 'em the very best you can The world won't get no better If we just let it be The world won't get no better We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me Wake up, all the doctors, make the old people well They're the ones who suffer and who catch all the hell But they don't have so very long before their Judgement Day So won't you make them happy before they pass away Wake

 A testament to my Matriarch -A celebration of a life well lived  rodney c Most people consider having one mother and father a blessing, but I am beyond merely blessed in that I had more than one mother and father.  Our family may be strange, but the women and men, uncles and aunts, worked collectively to mentor, nourish, tutor, educate, chastise and rebuke all of us.  The bonds of paternity and maternity were imbued into our family's core.  These bonds account for our success, strength, resilience, and spirituality.  And while all our aunts and uncles fulfilled these roles, my Aunt Edith epitomized this broader mothering and consequently represented our Matriarch.  So, on this day of celebration, I, with gratitude, humility, and appreciation, thank God for allowing her in my life for all these years.   My earliest remembrances of our Matriarch were as a child, every Christmas, while other kids were getting toys, games, and such -Aunt Edith was giving out books.  Yes, books.  How I

  How to conduct a problem-focused case study You can use these steps to write a problem-focused case study 1.    Identify the institution. 2.    Define your perspective. 3.    Craft a narrative. 4.    Research possible solutions. 5.    Select an optimal solution. 6.    Include these sections. 1. Identify the Institution To begin preparing your problem-focused case study, start by identifying the institution you will investigate. While thinking about this, do some initial research. Check the news, google scholar. Identify an institution that has experienced racial diversity/equity/inclusion issues in the past. Note the institution is a broad category. Within each institution, you will refine it to a particular corporation, agency, or NGO. For example,  political institutions operating at the federal, state, county, city, and community organizations can be identified. Selecting one of these entities is the second step in your process. While determining which yo

  Covert Mechanisms in Law, Legal, and Criminal Justice institutions Enshrined into the fabric of our national identity are the central values that gauge how perfect our union is. In our founding documents, we find these words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all "humans" are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights."   As depicted in the figure below, our Nation is becoming increasingly diverse. By the year 2030, it is projected that persons of color will constitute the majority of who we are as a people. Therefore, we must grapple with the obvert and the covert mechanisms by which these "inalienable rights" continue to be undermined by our laws and legal and criminal justice institutions.  Source: Treasury calculations using U.S. Census Bureau data from IPUMS. Steven Ruggles, Sarah Flood, Sophia Foster, Ronald Goeken, Jose Pacas, Megan Schouweiler, and Matthew Sobek. IPUMS USA: Version 11.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN:

  Covert Mechanisms in Economic institutions We all recall the days when overt racial discrimination characterized access and progress within economic institutions.  These obvious, observable, and easily documented practices limited hiring and promotions to select groups while denying such to others.  Targeting marginalized groups was codified into laws and baked into institutional policies and procedures.  These laws, practices, and policies were the most obvious and easiest racism to spot and document.  They were deliberate acts of discrimination affecting racial groups.  Multiple examples of overt racism exist, including hateful speech, derogatory remarks, insults, intimidation, and terrorism.  The objective of overt racism is to channel racialized groups into career paths, typically at the lowest, most hazardous, dirty, and least skilled occupations.  These positions, often characterized as the most precarious, are the last hired and first fired during times of institutional distre