How can we put an end to racial discrimination?

Do you feel overwhelmed by the destructive power of racism, but unsure of what to do about it? The good news is, while the scope of racism in the U.S. might be vast, progress is possible. Step-by-step and piece-by-piece, we can work to end racism, but to begin this work, we must truly understand what racism is. read more

In other words, we will never eliminate racism. The tribal feeling of my group vs "the other" is a fundamental fact of human nature. However, we can curb racial discrimination -- and have come a long way in that regard since the Jim Crow days -- by law. read more

Discrimination in our communities and in our places of work takes many forms, but it always involves some form of exclusion or rejection based upon a negative judgment toward a person’s gender, age, religion, race, weight, nationality, handicap, sexual preference, or height. read more

So race-qualified or race-targeted efforts to help those in need may only keep racial discrimination alive in the very attempt to end it. This is why people of all races must indeed work together to find economic and educational answers, not race-based answers, to the needs that exist, in part, because of our segregational history. read more