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1 week ago | 
medium.com | Jeffrey Kass |Mehmet Yildiz
Fixing systemic racism in automated systemsIt’s easy to spot the racist marching with a KKK or Nazi flag. Or when a so-called influencer admits on the news that she uses the N-word all the time. That’s all awful and should be called out, but it’s also a giant distraction. What really impacts people is the rampant racism baked into everyday systems. Sadly, those systems include computerized, automated ones.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
medium.com | Jeffrey Kass |Jason Provencio
Member-only storyWhether talking about race unifies or divides usJeffrey Kass·FollowPublished inBouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs·3 min read·--Image: Shutterstock/AI-GeneratedYou may have seen the news recently. An Arizona man took a self-driving taxi to the airport. No human driver. All seemed fine until the driverless car reached the drop-off point. We all know airport drop-offs and pickups can be discombobulated.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
medium.com | Jeffrey Kass
Member-only storyOur immigration policies should be infused with humanity, not fearJeffrey Kass·FollowPublished inLessons from History·4 min read·--Image: Author’s PhotographIf you’ve paying attention of late, we’ve been pushed by politicians and news outlets to be on one “side” or the other on nearly every issue. Without any nuance. Despite this, there isn’t a real rational debate on whether we should have secure borders. Of course we should.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
medium.com | Jeffrey Kass
We can’t undertake racial healing until we learn historyJeffrey Kass·FollowPublished inLessons from History·3 min read·--Image: 1908 Photo in Public DomainMost of us never learned this in school, but many countries had human zoos that kept Black people, Asians, indigenous peoples and others on display like wild animals. Britain, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and Portugal all had these zoos. As did America.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
medium.com | Jeffrey Kass
We should find unifying things like music to end racial distancingJeffrey Kass·FollowPublished inLessons from History·5 min read·--Image: Shutterstock/AI-GeneratedMy grandfather was born on December 18, 1910, in Toledo, Ohio. He excelled so much in school that by the time he was 20. He already was applying to dental schools.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
goodmenproject.com | Jeffrey Kass
If this had been written with pen and paper, you wouldn’t be able to read it after my tears spilled over the ink. I’m 55 and sadly, like many in my generation, I grew up with a fair amount of family psychological and financial trauma. Now’s not the time or place to dive into that, but my saving grace was always my mother, who sadly just passed away at the young age of 78. At least way too young to die.
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
levelman.com | Jeffrey Kass
Oxford's word of the year is "brain rot."After a public vote of more than 37,000, this was 2024's word of choice. Brain rot is the deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state resulting from overconsumption of online material considered to be trivial or unchallenging. We're all aware of the condition. Check your iPhone's stat page and it'll tell you how much screen time you spent in the last day. Go ahead. I'll wait. Has yours ever reported 12 hours and 42 minutes in a day?
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
medium.com | Jeffrey Kass
Social Media Addiction Reversing Racial ProgressOxford’s word of the year is “brain rot.”After a public vote of more than 37,000, this was 2024’s word of choice. Brain rot is the deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state resulting from overconsumption of online material considered to be trivial or unchallenging. We’re all aware of the condition. Check your iPhone’s stat page and it’ll tell you how much screen time you spent in the last day. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
levelman.com | Jeffrey Kass
Through , scientists have confirmed that the place on planet Earth with the most genetic diversity among humans by far is Africa. We all know that the non-scientific world likes to classify people into skin shades. Black, White, Brown and the like, but in science, genetic diversity is far more complex. refers to the wide range of different traits within a species. In humans, that covers a lot. Bones. Height. The shape, color and size of our eyes. Feet and hands. Natural muscle structure. Torso. Brain.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
goodmenproject.com | Jeffrey Kass
Parents everywhere have learned the awful statistics over the last 15 years: Suicide has become a leading cause of death among teenagers. In the United States, teenagers and young adults die from suicide at a higher rate than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, congenital disabilities, stroke, pneumonia, flu, and chronic lung disease combined. Every day, 3,700 high school students attempt suicide. That wasn’t a typo. For Black youth, however, the numbers are far more devastating.
