In White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo uses her exhaustive experience running diversity-training and cultural-competency sessions to explicate why white people have a hard time discussing racism.
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Beyond the Wrapper: Cultural Dissonance
Cultural dissonance is the largest problem facing the United States. It is not fake news or shallowly branded politicians nor is it Russian hacking, and it is not Donald Trump as a President. Although, his foreign policy might really put us in grave danger. Cultural dissonance is the underlying diseases with fake news, shallow politicians,Continue reading “Beyond the Wrapper: Cultural Dissonance”
Permanent Stagnation: The United Nations Security Council and Syria
The failure of the United Nations (UN) Security Council (UNSC) to enact any meaningful response to the conflict in Syria is eroding not only life in Syria but the very foundation of international order. This report uses the Arab Spring conflicts which the conflict in Syria is a part of to talk about larger systemicContinue reading “Permanent Stagnation: The United Nations Security Council and Syria”
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: The 2007 Global Crisis and Our Future
Have the worst wounds of the crisis been avoided? We might have cauterized the injury with an infection still inside. To name a few: advanced economies, the European Union (EU) and emerging nations face dire economic imbalances; archaic geopolitical style maneuvering is occurring at rising rates in Eastern Europe while Africa and the Arab regionContinue reading “One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: The 2007 Global Crisis and Our Future”