I recently attended the Martin Luther King Day virtual celebration hosted by Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground at Boston University....

I recently read "Woke Racism", an excellent new book by John McWhorter, Columbia University professor and New York Times opinion...

Recently I attended a webinar titled "Foundations of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging". It was presented by the Dean of Students staff...

On September 30, 2021 The New York Times published a book review by Matthew Desmond titled "Dasani Showed Us What It's Like to Grow Up...

My office was at Seven World Trade Center on the top floor, northwest corner, looking out at the Hudson River to the west and midtown...

In September 1965 I moved into University Halls, Room 5208, at Cornell University. The first day I met Skip Meade, whose room was...

America is in the early stages of debate regarding appropriate redress for the sins of slavery. Some commentators propose a "Truth and...

President Trump denounced CRT in a September 2017 speech, and announced formation of the 1776 Commission to promote "patriotic education"....

I was surprised and pleased last week when President Biden and Congress enacted legislation naming Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when...

Memorial Day weekend my thoughts turned to love of country, and the military veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice. This blog post is...

In 1994 at Cornell University I created and endowed an annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony....

I received many thoughtful comments on my recent post "Talking About Standardized Testing". My friend Bob Stewart wrote "I grew up in...

Many elite US colleges and universities have suspended standardized testing requirements for students in the spring 2021 and 2022...

I received many thoughtful comments on my last blog post "Equality or Equity?" Some respondents said the level-bench Equality graphic...

Last fall I attended a Diversity and Social Equity virtual training program sponsored by a major university. The presentation featured...

On January 6 an insurrectionist mob stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC. They paraded Confederate flags; one wore a "Camp...