Medical Opinions That Harm
Samuel A. Cartwright, a renowned Southern physician, created the medical terms Drapetomania and Dysaesthesia Aethiopica in the 1850s. Dr. Cartwright’s findings were published in medical journals. According to the New York Times, the good doctor’s conclusions were accepted by some legal authorities, such as the Louisiana courts and their civil code. And the term Drapetomania […]
Inspector Squirrel’s Multicultural Medical Notebook
Women and people of color often face bias and racism when seeking medical care. And even celebrities are not protected. According to Dayna Bowen Matthew JD, Ph.D. author of Just Medicine, more than 83,000 people of color lose their lives annually because of implicit basis and unintentional racism while seeking health care. Factor in statistics […]
Did Santana and Immigration Law Block Harry Belafonte’s Success?
Singer, activist, and actor Harry Belafonte introduced Kennedy Center honoree 2013, Carlos Santana, and revealed an insightful musical history of how the iconic rock guitarist evolved his niche from childhood. But not before explaining how Carlos Santana blocked Belafonte’s musical success. Views: 46
Were Runaway Slaves Merely Taking Time off from Chores?
While attending a degree program connected to a well-known California university in the mid-1990s, I opened the assigned history textbook one evening in class, flipped the pages to the week’s history chapter, and began reading the following paragraph. “Occasionally, slaves from South Carolina tried to reach Spanish Florida, but most slave runaways merely wanted to […]
Finding Your Niche: Book Brochure
Download the brochure by clicking the link below. Finding Your Niche Brochure 6×9 October 2022 Views: 23
Marvel Super Hero Humor
Behind the scenes of Marvel’s superhero productions to Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk brings a smile, including a laugh-out-loud reaction to a stop command and a sneeze. Source Ramblin with Roger: a librarian’s life deconstructed: https://www.rogerogreen.com Views: 21
Phil Collins and Phillip Baily: Making a Video Behind the Scenes
Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire and Phil Collins of Genesis show the challenges in their “Easy Lover” “video within a video, within a video,” while creating their 1980s production. But as they practice singing and their choreography and search for show clothing, some may initially wonder how the men created this crossover hit, […]
Niche Creativity: Books and Blog Update
Racial Profiling & Social Justice in the Marketplace has been approved and is now active to buy from your favorite independent bookseller, Kobe, or Ingram in ePub or print. And so are the three titles below. Selected links are below. Racial Profiling Book on Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/nz/en/ebook/racial-profiling-and-social-justice-in-the-marketplace Racial Profiling Book on Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/racial-profiling-and-social-justice-in-the-marketplace-dee-adams/1141350484 Racial […]
Ethnic Studies Freebie
A ten-page sample of Racial Profiling & Social Justice in the Marketplace is now available for free downloads. Download the freebie from this secure blog by clicking on this link: https://nichecreativity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Racial-Profiling-Freebie-with-Cover.pdf Views: 8
Remote meetings: Please Stop Using These Phrases!
Not since a lawyer had to explain to a judge during a remote courtroom session, “I am not a cat,” during rampant remote tech glitches in 2020, have I come across another funny tech piece. But here’s an article from Harvard Business Review by Rae Ringle that underscores the importance of thinking before speaking and […]