On monuments, movements, and seemingly immovable monsters This week has been transformational at Virginia Tech. As part of our annual…
Soon no one will be left; we will only have us. I watched the Representative John Lewis funeral today. I…
I had to step away. A soft step away from hustle and bustle, from zooming and not with a red…
On the Manifestation of White Supremacy (in the Academy/Higher Education) Sometimes you have to walk lonely country roads alone to…
If so, Show Up. Step In. Stand In. Stay In. Update: here: See actual video (2 hours) https://www.facebook.com/insightintodiversity/videos/594801004757771/ Next week,…
The Nearly Impossible Job of Parenting in a Pandemic I know these are not new thoughts here, but today, I’m…
The Nearly Impossible Job of a Chief Diversity Officer (CDO). Scenario 1 (based solely on my sanctified imagination as the…
(Art by Emmanuel Pratt-Clarke: emmanuelaopc) The Deafening Silence of The Church I’ve been walking….miles lately. In the morning. Trying to…
My brother is Awadagin Pratt. The first African-American to win the Naumburg International piano competition in 1992. I know his…
What kind of revolutionary are you? (A reflection on race relations in honor of the African-Americans who died 99 years…