by Shawn Rochester | Nov 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
According to exit polls, the major reason that Trump lost the US presidential election appears to be that he suffered significant losses within his base, driven by a particularly poor performance with White male voters. Trump’s share of male voters in general is...
by Shawn Rochester | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
According to some estimates, the economic value of the property destroyed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa Oklahoma, known as ‘Black Wall Street, is about $26 million in today’s dollars. That estimate is of course far too low. While there are currently...
by Shawn Rochester | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
The process of enslavement, colonization, and Jim Crow like regimes lead to the destruction of the “self” and the continuation of hyper oppressive policies and structures severally limits the development of “the self” in the generations that follow. This is...
by Shawn Rochester | Aug 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
When you hear that someone has become the first Black person to achieve a certain rank within a corporation, institution or the government in America please understand that, that person is not the first Black person who was actually capable of achieving that...
by Shawn Rochester | Jul 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Forgiveness is a concept that is widely discussed, poorly understood and rarely practiced. For a person to “forgive” the following conditions must exist, (1) you must have been wronged and (2) you must have the power and ability to exact retribution. If you have been...