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Listen in for practical tips, encouragement and conversations with real-life people who have succeeded in spite of racism. Tracy is author of *Breaking the Barrier of Bias* & 5 other books.
Original Air Date: 3/29/2007 8:00 PM UTC
Original Air Date: 3/26/2007 2:30 PM UTC
Original Air Date: 3/24/2007 2:30 PM UTC
Date / Time: 3/20/2007 5:42 PM UTC
Robert Scoble on Barack Obama and "default racism" http://scobleizer.com/2007/01/17/default-racism/ He asks, "If someone says something racist to you, and you don't disagree, aren't you also racist by default?"
Public Agenda's overview on the issue of race in America: http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/overview.cfm?issue_type=race For over a quarter of a century, Public Agenda has been providing unbiased and unparalleled research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to religion and civility in American life. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, Public Agenda was founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
Upcoming Teleseminar: 6 Secrets for Succeeding in Spite of Racism on Monday, March 26 at 6:30pm central time. For more information click on title or visit: http://6secrets.eventbrite.com/
Are you broke because of racism or just poor money management? Mark your calendars for special guest Brooke Stephens on March 29 at 3pm central time. Brooke is the author of "Talking Dollars and Sense" and "Making Wealth Happen One Day at a Time"
To Your Success,
/tracy
Original Air Date: 3/20/2007 5:00 PM UTC
Date / Time: 3/18/2007 4:25 PM UTC
Book Referred to During Show: Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Charisse Jones & Kumea Shorter-Gooden, PhD. [click on book title to go to book on amazon.com]
Also Recommended: Working While Black: The Black Person's Guide to Success in the White Workplace by Michelle T Johnson.
Poems by a variety of women about Black women's hair: http://www.geocities.com/jywanza1/Blackwomenshaira.html
From an article: "Can I Touch Your Hair: On Bein' Black in New Mexico" by Virginia Lovliere Hampton
"One of those common experiences is having our hair “touched” if we have or wear our hair “nappy.” In Albuquerque--and, I hear, in Santa Fe, too--“nappy-headed” people of African descent are confronted regularly with having perfect strangers reach toward us to touch our hair or, worse, that of our young children—often without asking—like we’re dolls or other merchandise to be handled. It's unsettling, objectifying and rude, especially for those of us who, like me, are from the South, where, apparently, white folks are raised a little better. We are often too stunned to stop the behavior or say anything that doesn’t make the innocent-feeling perpetrators turned victims literally terrified for their lives. [To read the entire article visit: http://alibi.com/index.php?story=18005&scn=feature]
See you next time on The R Word: Succeed IN SPITE OF Racism!
Original Air Date: 3/18/2007 2:30 PM UTC
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