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Your gift will make a way for you no matter what your circumstances are or what other people think about you or do to you. Therefore, it...
Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Living above your circumstances
Joseph was enslaved, but his spirit was free because he refused to obey the dictates of the wife of his owner. Although one would have...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 20, 20214 min read
Understanding the bigger picture
The first lesson we can learn from the life of Josep is the fear of God. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and to fear good...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 19, 20214 min read
Forgiveness
I already mentioned that all have sinned and need forgiveness. Joseph understood this, and it helped him to see beyond his brother’s...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 16, 20215 min read
Joseph Feared God: Twenty reasons he could have given if he committed adultery
We all know this part of Joseph’s story, recorded in the following passage: It came about after these events that his master's wife...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 15, 20215 min read
The case of Joseph and his brothers and racism
Then, the unthinkable happened. Joseph’s brothers showed up hungry and desperate for food. There was a famine in the land, and they...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 15, 20215 min read
The case of Joseph and Racism
What happened to Joseph, the 11th son of Jacob was despicable, unacceptable, and troubling because it was conceived and executed by his...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 13, 20213 min read
Lessons from the Past
"We cannot change the past, only recover from it. And perhaps learn its cruel lessons." Dan Pena You may be thinking that I am giving a...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 13, 20218 min read
The most segregated hour in the US
It is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who said, “Sunday morning at 9:00 am is the most segregated hour in the United States of America.”...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 10, 20215 min read
Ethnocentrism is alive and well
We discarded the word tribalism for obvious reasons because it is loaded with a lot of baggage that is not helping our efforts to go past...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 9, 20215 min read
I was told not to marry a foreign woman
You will have to read this portion carefully and between the lines to understand what I am trying to say. Make sure that you do not draw...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 8, 20212 min read
Telling It Like It Is; Racism is Universal
Racism comes in many different forms. Sometimes it's subtle, and sometimes it's overt. Sometimes it's violent, and sometimes it's...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 7, 202111 min read
The driver of superiority and inferiority complex
It is important for us to understand that the phenomena of superiority and inferiority complex have existed in all human societies...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 6, 20216 min read
Hurting people hurt others
The human race is hurting because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve. The original harmony that was disrupted in the beginning has been...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 5, 20216 min read
People are not naturally good
Here, I refer to all people on the planet, regardless of where they are, who they are, and their socio-economic status. You may be...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 2, 20213 min read
Racism is an issue of the heart
Whatever causes people to hate, discriminate, and at times, murder others is an issue of the heart. We have already mentioned that the...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 2, 20214 min read
The Beginning of Racism
Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 2, 20215 min read
The Complex Interplay of Superiority and Inferiority complex and Racism
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
Jul 1, 20217 min read
The limitation of color
Why do we need color to classify humans and divide them into different races? Each time I tell my students that the Mundani language,...
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