Category Archives: Diversity & Multiculturalism
Dempsey J. Travis: Refusing to Learn to Fail
Born in Chicago in 1920, Dempsey J. Travis became a self-made millionaire, one of the country’s most successful black entrepreneurs. He was president and CEO of Travis Realty Co., but his many interests and his intense commitment to the community took him … Continue reading
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Miscegenation and Me — Part 1
This is PART 1 of a piece originally written for a proposed book called “Leaving California.” It eventually wound up in SanSan Kwan and Kenneth Speir’s 2004 book Mixing It Up: Multiracial Subjects. The book’s cover is reproduced below, and the … Continue reading
Diversity U.S.A.
Because I’ve spent my life studying diversity, that’s what first struck me about this year’s fab-five of U.S. women’s gymnastics. I was proud—and even more so because so many others have also commented, with pride, about this team’s diversity. Only … Continue reading →