by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Jan 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
UPDATE — My conversation about the imagery of The Thin Blue Line has spread! I congratulate Chief Kristen Roman for taking action to eliminate the imagery from her department....
by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Aug 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
I grew up in Gary, Indiana. Back in the 1970s, it was a bustling city and the foundation of Black middle-class life in northwest Indiana. When I think about Gary at that time, I think about the smells – the city was filled with a wide range of pungent, burning,...
by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Aug 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
In “The End of Denial,” an article published recently in The Atlantic, Ibrahim X. Kendi asserts that a “racial reckoning,” the unintended consequence of what some call the Age of Trump, is upon our society now. Contemporary anti-racist fervor preceded the current...
by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
I want to start by stating that every human being who serves in law enforcement deserves the community’s thanks and, more importantly, deserves to go home to their family and loved ones after the end of each watch. I have had the opportunity to serve as a member...
by Bryon L. Garner, PhD | Jul 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I want to congratulate those who have arrived at the point of social consciousness within the last two months. Embracing anti-racist perspectives through your awareness of conscious and unconscious biases, you have begun to grapple with your new found role as an...
