Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes This is my 12th and last blog for 2023. I also wrote 12 in 2022. The inspiration to write these occurs in the last 6 months of the year. I will wait to see what occurs in the last 6 months of 2023. Thank youContinue reading “12th 2023 Post – Closing Thoughts”
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11th 2023 Post – Two Wonderful Touches
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes On the Friday before Labor Day Weekend in 2011, I experienced vertigo for the first time. It was in retrospect likely from being dehydrated. As I got up from a prone position for a routine medical test, I needed to rush to the bathroom toContinue reading “11th 2023 Post – Two Wonderful Touches”
10th 2023 Post – The Tremendous Opportunity for “Sharing”
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes The question has been asked of me “Do you have a moral compass that leads you to your position on Wealth Transformation?” When I was 17 (I am 72 today) and obtained my driver’s license I found a car and with a friend in 1968Continue reading “10th 2023 Post – The Tremendous Opportunity for “Sharing””
9th 2023 Post – Vision for Repair and Transformation
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes Following George Floyd’s tortuous murder, many were deeply motivated to try to do something. I read Randall Robinson’s book when it came out in 2001. “The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks.” Thereafter, I frequently thought about reparations. After George Floyd’s death, I interviewed 20Continue reading “9th 2023 Post – Vision for Repair and Transformation”
8th 2023 Post – A Takeaway from the Historically Accurate McCleod Plantation Visit
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes When we went to the Plantation many things stood out and were impactful. One that stays with me is that this big house and the land from 1861 to 1863 was a headquarters for the Confederate army. Fort Sumter is visible in the distance. TheContinue reading “8th 2023 Post – A Takeaway from the Historically Accurate McCleod Plantation Visit”
7th 2023 Post – Daughter Goes to South Africa
Blog Posts Where Race is an Aspect of the Themes My daughter Sonja Kristine was born in October of 1991. President Mandela’s autobiography was published in 1994. He was elected President in 1994. His autobiography became a passion for me. So as family nature would have it, my daughter grew up with me at theContinue reading “7th 2023 Post – Daughter Goes to South Africa”
6th 2023 Post – Speaking about Mandela
How to Welcome Mandela as Your Mentor Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes It has been a deep honor for me to be able to speak about Nelson Mandela over the past many years. I have done so with Federal Bar Associations, State Bar Associations, businesses, churches and synagogues. I haveContinue reading “6th 2023 Post – Speaking about Mandela”
5th 2023 Post – The Honorable Michael J. Davis
Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes #1: Stunning Trial Lawyer I met Michael Davis in the summer of 1976. I had just completed my first year of law school. I was told at school if I wanted to be a trial lawyer to go and watch great trial lawyers. I wentContinue reading “5th 2023 Post – The Honorable Michael J. Davis”
4th 2023 Post – Sitting Down? No – You Must Stand Up
Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes At the Jesuit Catholic University I went to from 1969-1973, an issue arose regarding Black Civil Rights. In 1972 and 1973, a large group of Black students attended the school’s Division One home basketball games. When doing so, they sat as a group at centerContinue reading “4th 2023 Post – Sitting Down? No – You Must Stand Up”
3rd 2023 Post – A Scrimmage with a Forward Lineage
Blog Posts where Race is an Aspect of the Themes In the fall of 1969, I was a new recruit – selected by retiring head coach Red McManus to play basketball at Creighton. The new young coach I was to play for was Eddie Sutton. He had come from Oklahoma. I was one of threeContinue reading “3rd 2023 Post – A Scrimmage with a Forward Lineage”