Category Archives: Diversity & Multiculturalism

A Return to Plessy vs. Ferguson?

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Richard Guzman

Note: This article considers a monograph by Rick Guzman, my eldest son, the co-founder, with his wife Desiree, of Emmanuel House, which in 2016 was named one of the “Top 100 Most Innovative” social change organizations in the world.  Also … Continue reading →

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Chris Rock: Racism Almost Over?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Richard Guzman

Only a liberal with a mind like Chris Rock would like “sh*tstorms of race hatred.”  Here’s what he said in an interview with Scott Raab in Esquire, March 2011. Scott Rabb: “Like many nice Caucasians, I cried the night Barack … Continue reading →

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Turning a Corner on Racism

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Richard Guzman

In 2002 I was asked to write a piece for the Daily Herald on the “state of race relations.”  This was the result.   I’ll start by going out on a limb: in DuPage County and in most of our … Continue reading →

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