by Christopher Harris | Jun 13, 2022 | Education
When I look at headlines like this, “Chicago High School to Implement ‘Transformative,’ ‘Equitable’ Grading System Which They Claim Doesn’t Mean Race-Based”, I’m reminded of the quote from Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950), who is known as ‘The...
by Christopher Harris | Sep 22, 2021 | Education, History, Racism
I recently saw this article from Monday, July 12, 2021, where Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressed the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva Switzerland. Her general point was that countries that profited from slavery and colonialism...
by Christopher Harris | Jul 6, 2021 | American Exceptionalism, Culture, History, Politics, Pop Culture, Racism
This is 4-time Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens (1913-1980) on the medal stand at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, in the heart of National SOCIALIST German Workers Party (NAZI) controlled Germany. Between August 3rd and August 9th, 1936, he won the gold medal in...
by Christopher Harris | Jun 2, 2020 | American Exceptionalism
Does anyone else remember back in the summer of 2019, when the Democratic Party Presidential Primary contest was still raging a dumpster fire of confusion, with 23 contenders (everyone made fun of Republicans for having 17 contenders in 2016) all vying to see who was...
by Christopher Harris | Nov 16, 2018 | Economics, History, Politics, Racism
As soon as I heard President Obama’s Treasury Secretary, Jacob “Jack” Lew, announce that Harriet Tubman was going to be the new face on the Federal Reserve Note with a reported value of $20, my first thought was, Look…SQUIRREL!! If you saw the 2009 hit animated movie,...
