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“Something Has to Change”: Blacks in American Buddhism

by Lawrence Pintak| September 1, 2001

Lawrence Pintak tells the compelling stories of three African-American dharma teachers. He asks them why American Buddhism attracts so few people of color and what can be done about it.

Ain’t She Still a Woman?

by bell hooks| January 1, 1999

Increasingly, patriarchy is offered as the solution to the crisis black men face. Black women face a culture where everyone wants us to stay in our place.