By Brenda McNeil on 10/20/2009 11:44 AM

Will the Children Suffer?

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By Brenda McNeil on 10/20/2009 11:30 AM

How Clint Eastwood Made Me Cry

by Dr. Brenda

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By Brenda McNeil on 9/26/2009 5:07 PM

Children and Race
By Erica Hunt, SMA Associate

After sending our daughters off to kindergarten, second and fourth grades, I skimmed through a magazine and saw this quote in an article about children and race: “Researchers have found that the more diverse the environment, the more kids self-segregate by race and ethnicity.”

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By Brenda McNeil on 9/17/2009 8:28 PM

 Joseph Kevin Snell

The Reconciliation Movement has lost a great leader. Joe Snell was the Director Multiethnic Programs at Azusa Pacific University (APU) in Southern California.

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By Brenda McNeil on 9/12/2009 8:20 PM

I, perhaps recklessly began to think that the debate on black hair had finally been put to rest, that black women could choose to wear their hair straightened or natural, in braids, locks, or twists, or enhanced with a weave, without making a political statement, social comment, or value judgment.

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By Brenda McNeil on 9/2/2009 8:53 PM

Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed over one month ago, so why, you may ask, am I just now penning a blog about her historic appointment to the US Supreme Court? The answer is easy—I was scared. I was scared of offending members of the SMA community because of Justice Sotomayor’s position on various hot-button issues.

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By Brenda McNeil on 8/2/2009 2:28 PM

When Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates arrived home on July 23, he was probably looking forward to relaxing after a long trip, settling down perhaps for a nice meal, or a soothing cup of tea. What he most certainly did not expect was to have the Cambridge police come into his home, ask him for identification, and ultimately arrest him when he followed the officer outside who refused to give Gates his badge number.

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