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Attitude Leadership Possibility

Far from his first rodeo …

If you have never heard of this gentleman before, then …

the details involved with this story:

“What is baseball, ultimately, but competitive commuting?

When Harry Muir stepped out of the night and into the dull half-light of the Fanshawe Falcons bus on a recent Thursday night, limbs and ligaments were weary from a doubleheader. But the memory muscle is forever fresh. Buses, planes, trains, all the same. Pick a seat, park in beside one of your ball-playing brethren and pass the journey.” [more …]

might just put a smile on your face today.

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Leadership Values Wisdom

‘Truth’ from Giannis Antetokounmpo

 

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Attitude Expectations Knowledge Leadership

Know ‘the game’ you are actually ‘playing’

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Attitude Courage Expectations Leadership Values Wisdom

Remembering, ‘The Big MAN’

Dammit, Stand Up …

Keep your temper,
Hold your head together, and
Keep going forward.
– John Thompson, Jr. (giving credit to the counsel of Dave Gavitt, during his Basketball Hall Of Fame Acceptance Speech, 1999)

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Attitude Courage Equality Freedom Leadership Non-violence Values

The Fight

to love we must survive
to survive WE MUST FIGHT
to fight we must love
– Posy Lombard

P.S. It seems as though ESPN, in its wisdom, has chosen to take down the image that was previously posted above. So …

I have chosen to post this new image here, as a replacement.

Hopefully, you will take the time required to read the entire original article which, I believe, is still available here.

If you are looking for some inspiration in your own life, right now, it is well worth it!

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Attitude Courage Equality Freedom Leadership Non-violence

The Epitome of Resilience

The Enduring Legacy of an Authentic American ‘Giant’

Activism fueled by religion guided Lewis’ life. In later years he worried aloud that some people failed to understand civil rights activism as an extension of faith for many participants in the movement, rooted in stories about Jesus and the words of Gandhi, who was born Hindu and embraced many teachings.

“In my estimation, the civil rights movement was a religious phenomenon. When we’d go out to sit in or go out to march, I felt, and I really believe, there was a force in front of us and a force behind us, ’cause sometimes you didn’t know what to do. You didn’t know what to say, you didn’t know how you were going to make it through the day or through the night. But somehow and some way, you believed — you had faith — that it all was going to be all right,” Lewis told PBS in 2004.

– AP News.com

He was a human being who was willing to suffer and to die for his understanding of the Gospel, and how that Gospel found expression in the United States of America of the 20th and 21st centuries.
– Jon Meacham (American Historian)

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Attitude Courage Equality Expectations Freedom Knowledge Leadership Values Wisdom

Human is Your friend … and, Precisely who We ALL are

The way to eliminate Racism is to eliminate Racial categories.
– Teja Arboleda, MEd.

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Attitude Courage Equality Freedom Knowledge Leadership Values Wisdom

“Otherization” is Your enemy

Amen.

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Adaptability Attitude Courage Equality Expectations Freedom Knowledge Leadership Possibility Values Wisdom

Colour, Light, Science, Art, Culture, and Language

To this point in human existence, many People have a limited understanding of Colour.

This includes understanding what Colour is and what Colour is not.

How many Colours are you able to see in each of these three diagrams?

I) In PHYSICS
Cyan-Yellow-Magenta (CYM) Colour Diagram
 II) In PHYSICS
Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Colour Diagram
 III) In ART
Red-Yellow-Blue (RYB) Colour Diagram

In light of this experience, each of these other topics is important, as well:

Colour is a function of the human visual system.
Colour is not an intrinsic property.

Objects do not have a colour.
Objects give off visible light which appears to be a distinctive colour.

Within the spectrum of visible light Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple (or Violet), Magenta, and Cyan all represent a distinctive colour.

Black, White, and Brown, also, each represent a distinctive colour.

Black is the absence of all visible light.
White is the presence of all visible light.
Brown is a combination of Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Colour is simply a perceived quality of visible light.

Culture is a function of the human social system.
Culture is not an intrinsic property.

Culture is not an object.
Culture does not give off visible light which appears to be a distinctive colour.

Culture is not Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple (or Violet), Magenta, Cyan, Black, White, or Brown.

Culture encompasses social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the Language, knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities and habits of People in these groups.

Language is a social construct.
Language is not an intrinsic property.

Language is not an object.
Language does not give off visible light which appears to be a distinctive colour.

Language is not Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple (or Violet), Magenta, Cyan, Black, White, or Brown.

Language is what People use to communicate.

People are a distinctive combination of individuals with a shared Culture.

People are not objects.
People do not give off visible light which appears to be a distinctive colour.

People are not Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple (or Violet), Magenta, or Cyan.

People are not Black.
Black is not a Culture.
Black is not a Language.
Black is simply a distinctive colour.

People are not White.
White is not a Culture.
White is not a Language.
White is simply a distinctive colour.

People are not Brown.
Brown is not a Culture.
Brown is not a Language.
Brown is simply a distinctive colour.

People are not simple. People are complex.

People create culture with their language choices.

Nothing more; and, nothing less.

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Language choice is important, when using ‘artificially’ created racial labels

If you are going to use words like “black” and “white”, as racial terms, then, it should be the case that both words are capitalized, not just one or the other.

1) According to the Center for the Study of Social Policy …

Recognizing Race in Language: Why We Capitalize “Black” and “White”

(excerpt 1)
In addition to capitalizing Black, CSSP has also made the decision to capitalize White. We will do this when referring to people who are racialized as White in the United States, including those who identify with ethnicities and nationalities that can be traced back to Europe. To not name “White” as a race is, in fact, an anti-Black act which frames Whiteness as both neutral and the standard.

(excerpt 2)
For these reasons, we require the capitalization of “Black” and “White” when referring to racial identity in our work. Establishing a rule, instead of leaving capitalization to the writer as a choice, emphasizes the critical importance and political permanence of these words as real, existing racial identities. And instead of hoping for other White institutions to apply equitable treatment of capitalizing both “Black” and “White,” we’ve taken the step to establish our own style guide, and hope others will follow

– Ann Thúy Nguyễn and Maya Pendleton ()

2) According to Kwame Anthony Appiah (Professor of philosophy and law at New York University) …

The Case for Capitalizing the B in Black:
Black and white are both historically created racial identities—and whatever rule applies to one should apply to the other.

(excerpt 3)
The style guide of the American Psychological Association declares, as it has for a generation: “Racial and ethnic groups are designated by proper nouns and are capitalized. Therefore, use ‘Black’ and ‘White’ instead of ‘black’ and ‘white.’”

(excerpt 4)
The point of the capital letter, then, isn’t to elevate; it’s to situate. “White Americans deserve their capital letter too,” Tharps says magnanimously, “but I’m not here to fight their battles.” Perhaps a stronger argument would be that white people don’t deserve a lowercase w and shouldn’t be allowed to claim it. One reason that the MIT philosopher Sally Haslanger prefers to capitalize the names of races is, she explains, “to highlight the artificiality of race,” by contrast to the seeming naturalness of color. A larger argument lurks here: Racial identities were not discovered but created, she’s reminding us, and we must all take responsibility for them. Don’t let them disguise themselves as common nouns and adjectives. Call them out by their names.