5 Search results for "cultural competence"

During our son’s diagnosis, Black nurses showed us the care we deserved
by Rann Miller As a parent, I’ve had my fair share of hospital stays. However, for our family and specifically for my oldest child, the most recent visit was very different from previous hospital experiences. We experienced a level of care that had not been present prior. During our stay, it was confirmed that our […]
March 14, 2011 – March 20, 2011
Success of young man a fitting payment for Caring Black Men Valerie Wells, Herald Review, March 20, 2011 The scale of youth unemployment scares me. It’s like before … Suzanne Moore, The Gaurdian, March 19, 2011 Segregated schools leave children behind Tiffany Lankes, Democrat and Chronicle, March 19, 2011 Confessions of a Black Gentrifier Shani […]
Black conspiracy and skepticism persist because we believe the evidence of our experience
by Donnie Moreland There is a whispered binding between Black folks and the truth. Less truth, in that meta-ethical way we discern the spiritually evidential as Black folks, but truth telling. The expressions, negotiations and altercations with, and of, “facts.” How we tell the truth, digest it and confirm that truth as just that; gospel. […]
Now is an opportunity for Black folks to reimagine what constitutes loss
by Donnie Moreland My father is a diabetic, with chronic pain and a fragile immune system due to rounds of dialysis, which cause more pain and thus tosses him into the throws of a cycle which is, observably, hell. He is also a business owner, which necessitates an urgency of decision making, that suffers when […]
Why is White the Norm?
Why is white the norm? Why do minorities represent the deviation? Well, the word minority should say it all, shouldn’t it? We are not the majority. We’re certainly not made to feel like the majority. We look at ourselves as different. In the past, there have been scientific tests to prove our inadequacy and incompetence. […]