“Women constitute only fourteen percent of our state’s law enforcement officers. Obviously, this number is the result of a clear case of discrimination against women.” Such is the logic employed by a female criminal justice professor at the college this writer once attended. How sad. Perhaps it never occurred to this poor woman that the … More Women Officers
Well, we’re at it again. Recent episodes in Minnesota and Louisiana have the nation once again debating racism. Whether or not the particular police officers involved in these incidents were guilty of racism is a moot point in the grand scheme of things. There is no denying that racism exists and it most likely always … More How to Eliminate Racism
Racial equality may be the defining issue of our time, but it may also be one of the toughest issues to define. In the broadest sense of the term, racial equality means equal opportunities in life for all persons regardless of race, but this is a rather lazy definition. Equality of opportunities is not enough—to … More Racial Equality Essay Competition Entry
I recently learned of an interesting new term: Audism. The word is fairly new, and it is used to express the oppression that deaf people have historically faced from hearing people. Discrimination based on race is racism, based on gender is sexism, and based on the ability to hear is audism. My goal is not … More Obsession with Oppression
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