Tag: Diversity
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Building A Creative (Airfield) Community…From Scratch
It’s taking a while, but a bold vision is taking shape in the hills of Gilmer County. John and Charuwan Kasuba selected the location to build a unique airpark community and have persistently been working towards the project despite some frustrating delays in building the infrastructure required. The project is outlined in the latest State…
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Morgan Spurlock Understands WV
Has anyone seen the article in this week’s The Gazz, “Workin’ in a coal mine”? It highlights Morgan Spurlock’s TV show “30 Days” and an episode filmed in WV about coal mining. I’d like to point out his comments about the recent WV support for Hillary Clinton. “I don’t think WV is racist,” he said. …
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Governor Manchin’s Take on the WV Democratic Primary Results
The negative buzz that rippled across the country regarding how West Virginia Democrats decided to vote during the primary election has reached the point where Governor Manchin felt compelled to respond. He called into a Fox News political show and defended the state as a place where a personal approach to campaigning, not racial prejudice,…
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Tolerance Track Leader 2008: Crystal Good
Crystal Good is one of those people I feel like I have known longer than I really have. Someone that you hear so many good things about that you feel like you know them before you’ve really ever had a conversation. Once you have that conversation you discover those good things you heard were true,…
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More on West Virginia’s Race and Image Challenges
WV Public Radio aired an in-depth story on the attitudes of some West Virginia voters. It may surprise many to hear the kind of attitudes openly espoused by some in our state: Finn: But it’s not just religion at issue. There’s also race. Exit polls from Tuesday show that 22% of voters admitted that race…
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Parkersburg – Creative, Inclusive…On the Cusp of Growth?
Parkersburg, WV, is one of West Virginia’s most historic and beautiful Ohio River towns. If you’ve ever been to Blennerhassett Island or stayed at the beautiful Blennerhassett Hotel, you know what I mean. createwv.typepad.com However, Parkersburg – despite several decades of population decline – has much going for it to position for New Economy/Creative Community…
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What Do the Primary Results Say About West Virginia?
A lot, according to the national media. From Jon Stewart’s Daily Show to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the story angle has been how a larger percentage of West Virginians considered race a factor in their vote. What else could one assume when Obama wins lily-white states like Iowa and North Dakota, but gets beaten so soundly…
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OneWVU – Getting Proactive in the Fight Against Bigotry
With some of the recent concerns over racial discrimination in our state, it is important to identify and celebrate examples of people taking a stand against bigotry. OneWVU was developed after a WVU soccer player, who is black, was harassed with a racial epithet on campus. WVU’s soccer coach, Marion LeBlanc, who is also black,…
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MLK Day Thoughts: How Do We Overcome?
It sometimes seems odd to greet someone with a “Happy Martin Luther King Day” greeting, doesn’t it? The seriousness of the topic of equality and justice, and the recency of Dr. King’s life and death (Were they really hosing kids in Alabama and segregating people all over this country when I was in elementary school?…
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Filling an Unfortunate Void
Now that the “National March Against Hate Crimes” has been pulled off peacefully in Charleston, what can we learn and where do we go from here? A great deal of debate has centered on how the leadership role of Malik Shabazz, leader of Black Lawyers for Justice and organizer of the march, has developed in…