Carlos Laments White Privilege in “Hop”

Posted in April 11th, 2011

by cultureguru in Engagement and Inclusion, Uncategorized, White privelege, institutional racism, unconscious bias

The short version of the review of Hop is that People Magazine gave Hop 3 (out of 4) stars and my son liked it. It features a cute bunny and a cute leading man…something for the kids and for the moms…plus 100’s of adorable baby chicks. How could you go wrong, right?
But early on themes [...]

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Urban Antrhopology, Cultural Tourism and Discovering ‘Americana’

Posted in January 31st, 2011

by cultureguru in Ethnic Festivals, Intercultural Parenting, Things to do with kids, White privelege

Dave Barry was always able to just take vacation and run old columns. For me, I’m entering a new world that is based in economic disparity and developmental disabilities–absolutely at the top of the engagement and inclusion/social exclusion list, but new territory that hasn’t quite gelled. So in the meantime, I’m periodically re-running posts [...]

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Ad Promise: Chewing Trident White Prevents Racial Profiling

Posted in November 19th, 2010

by cultureguru in Multicultural Marketing, White privelege, institutional racism

(this post originally ran 5/4/10, but I always thought the re-imaged photo at the end was under-appreciated. Hope you enjoy it)
So from this ad am I to understand that if I chew Trident Wite I’m 35% more likely to get out of a speeding ticket?
Is that only true for beautiful white women? What if I’m [...]

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Assume Good Intentions in Cross-Cultural Communications? Sometimes Impossible

Posted in April 16th, 2010

by cultureguru in White privelege, cross-cultural communication, institutional racism, intercultural communications, unconscious bias

My colleague was conducting a training during a “train the trainer” session this week on Intent and Impact, the idea being that in communications, sometimes our Intent does not equal the Impact we intended. For example:
“That sweater you’re wearing is really interesting” (intended as compliment). Unexpected impact: “You hate it don’t you?” (Spontaneous reaction: heard [...]

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The Answer to Yesterday’s Question on Defining Diversity

Posted in July 24th, 2009

by cultureguru in Being the "Other", Diversity Training, Individual Responsiblity, Obama, White privelege, institutional racism, intercultural communications

I am admittedly a woman of action. I see something broken, and I want to fix it. In the annals of ‘how to lists’ advising employees to get noticed, there’s the advice if you see a problem have at least one suggestion solution to present to the boss before you go in and speak to [...]

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White Privilege and the World Economy

Posted in June 6th, 2008

by cultureguru in White privelege

My husband and I were talking about the economy over breakfast this morning and he shared that he read in O Globo, Brazil’s major daily paper, that Americans saw a $1.7 trillion first quarter loss in net worth. His commentary on that was that “the U.S. is losing its place as the unchallenged leader of the [...]

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