by design | Jul 10, 2023 | Black, Columnist
No more race-based admissions By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I found it interesting that the immediate reaction to the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in university admissions was to render dire predictions regarding...
by design | Jul 3, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Who’s fooling who? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com July 3 marks my 78th birthday. Once I had an animated discussion with my mother. I was exasperated and said, “Why did you have me?” She replied, “We didn’t know it was going to be you.”...
by design | Jun 26, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Don’t Schoolchildren in Colorado Deserve Better? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I was going to entitle this article “Do you want these clowns teaching your children?” but I decided not to insult clowns. The Colorado teachers’...
by design | Jun 20, 2023 | Black, Columnist
The Left’s Effort to Resegregate America By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I do not understand the continuing effort of the “progressive” left to pit blacks against whites. California’s committee on reparations has recommended paying the...
by design | Jun 12, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Wither the Country? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I’ve always been an optimist with regards to the country. Even though we sometimes make mistakes with whom we elect president, those mistakes seldom took us down a path that threatens...
by design | Jun 5, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Why the minimum wage is racist By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When I was growing up, my parents made me and my brother work. In elementary school, they decided to put in a basement by digging out the dirt under the house. My brother and...
