Tag: America

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Book Review: Post Black: How a New Generation is Redefining African American Identity by Ytasha L. Womack

April 28, 2016
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As the world becomes smaller, be it with the help of intercontinental traveling or the Internet, it is becoming more and more evident that an easily definable identity is a thing of the past. If music is a good reflection of an individual’s identity, the increasing number of crossover musical genres testifies to this coming… Read More Book Review: Post Black: How a New Generation is Redefining African American Identity by Ytasha L. Womack

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When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part III of III)

January 7, 2016
Sahar's Blog 2016 01 05 When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado-Style (Part III of III)

Part I is here; Part II is here. With yet another flight cancelled because of the tornado, my husband and I go back in line, thankfully a little rested and only for a little less than an hour. It’s now morning on Sunday 27 December, around 7am Central Time; we have only a couple of… Read More When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part III of III)

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When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part II of III)

January 6, 2016
When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part II of III)

You would think that, having been asked to board so quickly after we had deplaned, that everything had been checked up on, that the tornado had abated, and we would be ready to take-off. Unfortunately, we had to face what has got to be the most hilarious obstacle of our trip yet: we were told… Read More When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part II of III)

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When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part I of III)

January 5, 2016
When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part I of III)

Guys… This is not the kind of post you are used to reading on this blog. But something happened to me recently that I just had to share and yes, it involves a real-life tornado. Of course this situation lent itself to a lot of reflections that I will also be sharing, but I can’t… Read More When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part I of III)

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Eliminating prejudices: a lot of work to be done

January 22, 2011

The elimination of prejudices is an essential step in creating a new world order in which all humans have the potential to reach their high destiny, working together to fulfilling a dual moral purpose of advancing themselves as well as advancing humanity. Prejudices are of many kinds, and they all work to create disunity. Shoghi… Read More Eliminating prejudices: a lot of work to be done

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From CNN: America becoming less Christian

March 9, 2009

… And my personal questions: why, and what does it imply? America become less Christian, survey finds America is a less Christian nation than it was 20 years ago, and Christianity is not losing out to other religions, but primarily to a rejection of religion altogether, a survey published Monday found. Three out of four… Read More From CNN: America becoming less Christian