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Carolyn L. Baker, Ed.D.
Award-winning author of
An Unintentional Accomplice:
A Personal Perspective on White Responsibility
and the upcoming
DISPATCHES, From Racial Divide to a Road of Repair,
A Collection of Essays
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Giving the Land Back
An important article in the LA Times by JONAH VALDEZ STAFF WRITER OCT. 10, 2022 5 AM PT https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-...
Carolyn L. Baker
Dec 14, 2022
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Vantage Point podcast interview 2/17/22
Here is the link to a live streaming interview I did with Nick Lawrence on his talk radio show "Vantage Point" on WXPM 98.5 FM. Topics...
Carolyn L. Baker
Mar 1, 2022
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Use Giving Tuesday for amends and reparations.
Giving Tuesday is a worldwide opportunity for people to come together - through generosity in all its forms - by sharing acts of kindness...
Carolyn L. Baker
Nov 30, 2021
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Listen to an interview with Carolyn Baker and Landis Wade on Charlotte Readers Podcast...
Listen here: http://bit.ly/CharlotteReadersPodcast Show notes: buff.ly/3ovFWp4 "In today's episode, we visit with Carolyn Baker, author...
Carolyn L. Baker
Aug 13, 2021
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"I Am From..."
I am from Boston colonists who traded in Black bodies. I am from the dishonesty that is America's founding promise. I am from the...
Carolyn L. Baker
Aug 7, 2021
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Critical Race Theory and the 4th of July
As an academic concept, Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been around for forty years. In recent years however, it has become a political...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jul 3, 2021
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To Fatherless Children on Father's Day
Me, bottom right, at ten years of age with my family in October 1963, two years after the death of my father. To fatherless children...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jun 16, 2021
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100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre
One hundred years ago, 10,000 state-sponsored White supremacists destroyed a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, OK. The history of...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jun 5, 2021
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Stop Asian Hate
I join people everywhere in mourning the victims of last night’s horrific shootings in Atlanta. Condolences to the families of each of...
Carolyn L. Baker
Mar 17, 2021
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The Battleground for the Imagination
​ Growing up white, and in segregated communities, I didn’t think I even had a race. There was nothing to be questioned, learned about,...
Carolyn L. Baker
Mar 2, 2021
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What the Insurrection, Impeachment, and Inauguration all had in common
The events of three momentous Wednesdays in January 2021 shook us to our core - the insurrection, the impeachment, and the inauguration....
Carolyn L. Baker
Feb 2, 2021
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What White Americans Need to Understand about the Insurrection in the U.S Capital.
As we seek to assign blame for the insurrection at our U.S. Capital yesterday, let us stop and really bear witness to the outcome of our...
Carolyn L. Baker
Jan 8, 2021
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Executive Order on Combatting Race and Sex Stereotyping
By Executive Order 13950, the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping, federal entities are now barred from using federal...
Carolyn L. Baker
Nov 21, 2020
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Veterans of Color Deserve More than a Salute.
I am the proud daughter of a 33-year career Navy veteran, Lt. Cmdr. Earl Ross Baker. The photo shows the cherished display case with his...
Carolyn L. Baker
Nov 10, 2020
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A Season of Reckoning
In this national election week, when patience is a virtue, we are witnessing both a societal transformation and a deeply divided country....
Carolyn L. Baker
Nov 6, 2020
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Where Have All The Hippies Gone?
You know who you are. Those of us of a certain age who at one time had such high hopes for a better world. Those of us who remember...
Carolyn L. Baker
Oct 1, 2020
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Demand Justice for Emmett Till on the 65th Anniversary of his Murder.
In 2016, I was sitting on my couch watching a BLM documentary as the narrator began to unfold the story of the 1955 murder of Emmett...
Carolyn L. Baker
Aug 28, 2020
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The Unfinished Business of the 19th Amendment
Amendment XIX: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or any State, on...
Carolyn L. Baker
Aug 18, 2020
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My LA Times Opinion letter: Reimagine California
Back in early May, the LA Times Opinion section asked readers to envision life in California after the pandemic and share their thoughts...
Carolyn L. Baker
Aug 4, 2020
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Black August
Black August is a call for reflection, study, and action to promote Black liberation. Its roots go back to California prisons in the...
Carolyn L. Baker
Aug 3, 2020
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