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The Legitimacy of Public Sector Communication

How long does it take in your state to get a driver's license?

First, let’s define legitimacy in public sector communication. Legitimacy is a judgment placed on the organization by its audiences and examines the norms culture and standards of the organization. This is imposed by its partners and audience. (Canel et al, 2020). With that in mind, I should state that I have never worked in the government or for any local, city, regional, or federal entity. But…

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#communication #government #publicsector #technology

Who is a citizen

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I completed the self-assessment tool from the Anti-Defamation League and I am surprised at the findings. It shows remarkable growth for me, but it shows steadiness in other areas. I have always spoken up about injustice, whether it is happening to me or others, but in areas where implicit biases exist, I have found that I have an internal check system that assesses my language and actions before…

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#citizen #feminizationofpoverty #immigration #implicitbias

The Impact of Tech

Who Remembers that long phone cord? This will age me but I remember the long phone line and a rotary dial telephone. I hope I am not the only one who remembers dialing the operator or 555 -0000 to get the phone number for a business. I can still hear the automated operator saying” City and State please?” I also remember that hospitals all had phone numbers 555-5500, depending on area codes. How…

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#technology #internet #poetry #telephone #writing

Are Content Creators The New Media?

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This is quite the point. I have learned that the consumption of media is highly subjective and that the user experience is what drives advertising dollars to publishing/streaming sites. We all have become publishers and creators of media. The platforms used to export and show that media; social media platforms owe us a boatload of money. Our likes, shares, and discussions drive users ( eyeballs)…

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#boomers #downtoearth #genZ #media #millenials #thesilentgeneration

Why My Doctor Fat-Shamed Me

So, I will begin at the beginning. I am a fifty-six-year-old Black woman of Caribbean descent, Jamaica in particular. My ethnicity is varied and is reflective of the country I was born in. I have lived in Detroit, Michigan for now almost half of my life. I have been going to the same doctor for the last eighteen years. Some time ago I read somewhere that staying with one doctor is better for…

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#fat-shaming. doctors #whitecoatsyndrome

White Coat Syndrome

On a recent visit to my primary care physician, I had noted that I have high blood pressure readings. For some reason, when I am at home, I am relaxed and devoid of symptoms that would indicate the presence of high blood pressure or hypertension. On visits to the doctor’s office, I present with astronomical readings. Only to find out that I have what the Mayo Clinic calls ‘White Coat…

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The Myth of Freedom

We are finally getting to the heart of the matter which is gender relations and power structures in myths. I say this with all equanimity that society today is no different from previous societies. Despite headways in technology, and changes in governmental systems (formerly, monarchial power structures prevailed, kings, and queens, with a divine right to rule) having been replaced by the concept…

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The Brotherhood of Big Tech

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#amazon #apple #bigtech #doomsdaybunkers #google #microsoft #salesforce #stem #tech #technology

With domestic terroists threatening all 50 State Capitols and the inauguration of the 46th president, what indeed will happen?

Wednesday January 6th, 2021, will go down in Infamy. It was the day trump supporters who had just left a rally organized and supported by trumpand his allies, incited a mob to stage a take-over of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. From all accounts this was an insurrection and a coup. All 435 members of Congress and 100 Senators, including the vice-president, a trump loyalist, were inside. Was this mob trying to simulate the George Floyd protests? What was their agenda? Did they have a civil rights grievance or did they just feel left out, because after thye were white, they were not shot at, beaten,or used rubber bullets. From all indications, barriers were removed, police took selfies with them while they roobed and pillaged the bastion of American democracy.

The Year 2020 has gone downin history as one of the worst years in history, what can we expect of 2021? Does it mean that 2020 was a dress rehersal or that 2020 won?

What message does the historical date of 14 July 1789, Paris, France hold for us today? A group of angry people, angry at the establishment, seething with resentment, attacked a state prison on the outskirts of Paris. The thing is the people were not attacking the prison to free the prisoners, there were only seven prisons housed there at the time; the people wanted access to the bullets and ammunition stored inside the prison. The Governor of the prison would not tlet them in so they beheaded him,took control of the prison and ran around town with his head on a spike. Sounds medieval, but that incident sparked the beginning of the French Revolution. Citizens of France found their courage , ros eup and overthrew the aristocracy ending centuries of fedualistic oppression. What does that tell us about today?

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Today is being celebrated as World Aids Day. In the era of a pandemic, how are people getting tested? Is testing more accessbile and are there any reasonable accommodations being made.

Researchers at CNBC report that allowing to resume (after several jurisdictions lifted the short-term moratoriums imposed because of the oronavirus pandemic) led to as many as 433,000 + additional cases, and as many as 10,700 Coronavirus-related deaths in the United States between March and September.

The elections are long over. What is left are administrative functions of certifying the results that take place in States' Board of Canvassers. The president, however is probably the only person in the country who seems to think the results will be overturned as he continues with a flurry of frivolous lawsuits. While he's trying to keep the national conversation about him, sort of irresponsible and ridiculous for a man his age, the coronavirus rages. More people are on ventilators, hospitals ICU's are at full capacity, and the death rate is anticipated to get higher. His ignoble presidency is ending the way it started, with media coverage as a grand dame throws another temper tantrum to get attencion The nation collectively so desperately wants to say, 'Bye, Felicia.

It was a Trump Campaign promise in 2016 to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as ObamaCare. Republicans throughout his four year tenure in office had promised that ObamaCare would be repealed. In this lameduck session of Congress and the Senate and now havin packed the SCOTUS with their appointees, Republicans are bout to further do themselves in; canceling the Affordable Care Act in the midst of a pandemic. This is political theatre at it's best.

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