COLORBLIND IDEOLOGY IS A FORM OF RACISM | pyschologytoday.com The idea that we can be "colorblind" and treat people based on the contents of their character, as Dr. King once said, denies cultural differences. Color does matter and only white people can "guiltlessly subscribe to colorblindness..." "Many Americans view colorblindness as helpful to people of color by asserting that race does not matter (Tarca, 2005). But in America, most underrepresented minorities will explain that race does . . .

SUPER BOWL PREP! FOOTBALL TERMS EXPLAINED FOR THEATRE PEOPLE | playbill.com For those of us who could use a glossary that actually makes sense this Sunday..."Sudden Death: We call this: Callbacks (and I think we take it more serious than football players do #sorrynotsorry)." MY KIDS WILL NOT HAVE THE COLLEGE DREAM | salon.com A mother challenges the notion that a college degree promises a more prosperous life. Not willing to have her family plunge into debt to save for a college savings . . .

A REALIST'S GUIDE TO SELF-CARE THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE MEDITATION | huffingtonpost.com Jillian Lauren shares 10 suggestions for self-care that doesn't involve the sometimes impossible task of meditation...2. Slow down your transitions. That sounds so boring, I know. But when I have a ton to do, I can get into a sloppy, rushed mode that's not only un-fun but also dangerous, particularly when it comes to cooking or driving or anything with sharp edges and moving parts. One thing I've learned from . . .

BLACK LIVES MATTER ACTIVIST DeRAY McKESSON GIVES STEPHEN A PRIMER IN DISMANTLING WHITE PRIVILEGE | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert WHO POISONED FLINT, MICHIGAN? | rollingstone.com Stephen Rodrick returns to his hometown on the outskirts of Flint, Michigan to find one of the greatest toxic water disasters in American history, with irreversible damages..."Hanna-Attisha has been losing sleep for months. When she dreams, she dreams of lead, the facts and figures of her studies . . .

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TENURE HAS BEEN MORE 'CHRISTIAN' THAN HIS CRITICS WILL EVER ADMIT | huffingtonpost.com Pastor and writer, John Pavlovitz, outlines the platform and legacy Obama has created and acknowledges it is as far more "Christ-like" than the conservative republicans criticizing him would ever admit to..."While not at all perfect and certainly deserving of great scrutiny and pushback, in so many ways President Obama's tenure has championed justice, equality and the inherent dignity of all . . .

THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION OF YOUR LIFE | markmanson.net Mark Manson suggests the real question we should be asking ourselves is not "what do we want" but rather "what pain are we willing to sustain?" He argues it is the quality of our negative experiences that define the outcome of our lives... "Because if you want the benefits of something in life, you have to also want the costs. If you want the beach body, you have to want the sweat, the soreness, the early mornings, and the hunger pangs. . . .

15 WAYS TO BE A BETTER PERSON IN 2016 | nytimes.com Wear comfortable underwear and powerful clothes. Be nice to babies, especially on airplanes and be the boss of your phone, not the other way around.    HOLIDAY HUDDLE | Jillian Lauren With the welcoming of her new son whom they hope to adopt from the foster care system, Jillian Lauren dishes on the fear of uncertainty and describes trauma as her most terrifying opponent in life as well as her greatest teacher..."Trauma is a . . .

15 RELIGIOUS MOMENTS THAT GIVE US HOPE FOR THE NEW YEAR | huffingtonpost.com 7. Runners Without Borders brought Arab and Jewish teens together...Runners Without Borders, an organization that brings young people from Jewish and Arab homes together to run in Jerusalem, opted out of a city-wide race that conflicted with Ramandan and organized their own interfaith race in June. A 17-year-old Arab teen won the competition. "What we're trying to emphasize is not the political side, not . . .

GWYNETH'S GIFT GUIDE (Loose Ends by Megan Amram) | nytimes.com In this brilliant spoof of Gwyneth Paltrow's Holiday Gift Guide, Megan Amram invokes the Goop Queen's voice and sells some "must-have" gift guide items for a totally reasonable price, like the $106 million yoga mat made out of a Picasso. THE 2015 HATERS GUIDE TO THE WILLIAMS-SONOMA CATALOG | adequateman.deadspin.com Warning: There are no chicken coops for sale in this year's Williams-Sonoma Christmas catalog. In the spirit of . . .

INSTAGRAM HUSBAND AN OPEN LETTER TO JERRY FALWELL JR, STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY | huffingtonpost.com Author of New Kind of Christianity  and Naked Spirituality, Brian D. McLauren addresses Jerry Falwell Jr.'s inflammatory remarks to students at Liberty University to arm themselves to "end those Muslims" before they kill them and "to teach them a lesson if they ever show up" at Liberty University..."Your reckless words can easily render your students vulnerable to more . . .