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Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-1971)

Ralph Johnson Bunche, American political scientist, scholar, Nobel Prize winner, and diplomat.   Bunche was born on August 7, 1904 in Detroit, Michigan. His father Fred was a barber who owned a racially segregated barber shop that catered solely to white customers. His mother, Olive Agnes Johnson, was an amateur musician. Young Ralph spent his early years in Michigan. However, due to the relatively poor health of his mother, the family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico when he was ten years old. The family believed the dry climate of the region would be more conducive to his  mother's ’ health. Upon his mother's death, Ralph and his two sisters were resettled in Los Angeles, California where they joined their grandmother who raised them in a South Central neighborhood that was then predominantly white. It was during his teenage years in Los Angeles where Bunche proved to be a brilliant student. He excelled in all of his high school courses and graduated ...

A Number Of Ways To Clean Out And Balance

There are a number of ways to clean out and balance. Several have already been mentioned by others. The key for maintaining this is in an intentional lifestyle. Here are a few things you can do directly to speed up cleansing and balancing and a few tips for ongoing maintenance. The physical body is important (obviously). Water is a powerful element that works in many ways. Stand under a light, natural waterfall, with a straight back, close your eyes and allow yourself to feel the sensation of the water flowing through you washing each individual molecule. Give it time to fill you and wash away tensions. Negative ionization will promote health and balanced emotions. You can get a very light effect similar to this in a cold shower. Laying down in a shallow cool stream on a rock with the water flowing from head to feet has a similar effect. An additional advantage is that, if you can secure yourself effectively, the horizontal position allows more relaxing release and puts you in a...

There Is A Number Of Ways To Clean Out And Balance

There is a number of ways to clean out and balance. Several have already been mentioned by others. The key for maintaining this is in an intentional lifestyle. Here are a few things you can do directly to speed up cleansing and balancing and a few tips for ongoing maintenance. The physical body is important (obviously). Water is a powerful element that works in many ways. Stand under a light, natural waterfall, with a straight back, close your eyes and allow yourself to feel the sensation of the water flowing through you washing each individual molecule. Give it time to fill you and wash away tensions. Negative ionization will promote health and balanced emotions. You can get a very light effect similar to this in a cold shower. Laying down in a shallow cool stream on a rock with the water flowing from head to feet has a similar effect. An additional advantage is that, if you can secure yourself effectively, the horizontal position allows more relaxing release and puts you in a ...

The Democrats

Let's get one thing straight!!! The Democrats didn't lose badly on Tuesday because of low black voter turn out. They lost because of the inherent conflict between equality and white privilege. This conflict has existed since the beginning of the nation. When many whites hear affordable health care, reduced prison populations, and raising the minimum wage, they hear someone doing something for black people. Despite the fact that these are good polices, they simply don't resonate in the minds of people with deep seeded racial animus who are invested in privilege and inequality.