Category: Keeping It Real

When They Won’t See the Light, Bring the Fire

Jul 31, 2019 | Keeping It Real

“When change happens it’s either because people see the light, or they feel the fire. We are...

Will You Perpetuate the Darkness or Shine A Light?

Jul 23, 2019 | Keeping It Real

The wave of racism that washed across this nation last week was too dangerous to ignore....

Defeat over Citizenship Question May Add Fuel to President’s Ire

Jul 16, 2019 | Keeping It Real

Since taking office the Trump administration has been in overdrive attempting to stem the...

Incarceration and Mistreatment of Inmates and Immigrants – This is Not An Aberration

Jul 9, 2019 | Keeping It Real

When the recently release 2018-19 Riverside County Grand Jury (Jury) report confirmed a January...

Suicide is Complicated and Bullying May Raise the Risk

Jul 3, 2019 | Keeping It Real

They say there are two sides to every story but for the family and loved ones of 13-year-old...

The Problem with Plastic

Jun 25, 2019 | Keeping It Real

Last week we learned two Inland Empire companies, Envision Plastics of Chino and Microdyne...

Blue Water Veterans…Some Things Are Personal

Jun 18, 2019 | Keeping It Real

Harry was only 17 when he joined the U.S. Navy ahead of the draft in 1964 and by 1965 the Viet Nam...

We Can’t Let Apathy Win

Jun 14, 2019 | Keeping It Real

When the semi-final election results were posted by the Registrar of Voters for the City of...

Stop the Theft

Jun 6, 2019 | In The News, Keeping It Real

The Republican party has a penchant for suppression whether they are seeking to suppress minority ...

Would You Harbor Me?

May 31, 2019 | Keeping It Real

Would you harbor a Christian, a Muslim, a Jew, a heretic, convict or spy? Would you harbor a...

The Opportunity in “Opportunity Zones”

May 25, 2019 | Keeping It Real

With all the relief the president’s historic 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has failed to deliver to...

We Must Not Normalize Hate

May 17, 2019 | Keeping It Real

I believe we can no longer tolerate the cracks in political discourse that are rapidly becoming...

Dr Main Sidebar

ACROBATIC MATHEMATICAL THINKING (6)

A powerful Creative and Critical Thinking exercise is to first learn shapes of the Pyramid, Square, Trapezius, Trapezoid, Rectangle, Triangle, Circle, Octagon, Ellipse, Lunette; study which are Cosmic and/or and human-made; and determine what are indications for using...

MATHEMATICS OF AFRICAN TRADITION FOR BLACK YOUTH (5)

Patterns, Shapes, and Forms are fundamental tools to help one see and give meaning to Real, Surreal, and Unreal Things. These contribute to understanding and the explaining of Principles (unchanging realities), Events (changing realities), Settings, Situations, and...

***AFRICAN UBUNTU IS SPIRITUAL “ME/WE” (1)

“ME/WE” is an: "All for One, One for all" concept of African Zulus, called Ubuntu. The Nguni Bantu define it as connection of all “Humanity”—meaning its “Sameness” creation is the Cosmic Force. They translate it as: “I am because we are”; or “Humanity towards others”...