Designs of Omission: America's Original Sin is an introduction to the systematic omissions and erasures of truth in our U.S. History books. The Constitution of the United States is America's Original Sin, having excluded Blacks, Native Americans, and women from citizenship.
Intended for taxation and representation purposes only, the three-fifths valuation of enslaved Blacks instead inculcated into the psyches of white people proof of white superiority and Black inferiority. Transferred from generation to generation, the exponential damage of this racism is irreparable.
Because enslaved Blacks and Indigenous peoples were omitted from the protections of our Consti-tution, individual rights violations and inequities have continued such that, hundreds of years later, we are once again at the edge of the same abyss that preceded the Civil War.
Designs of Omission provides a historical backdrop to racism, immigration, multiculturalism, exclusions and offers solutions for systemic change and inclusion in America. Hopefully, the facts will spark a recognition of the exclusion and racism inherent in our institutional and systemic designs and become a catalyst for discussion, activism, and change.
Show moreDesigns of Omission: America's Original Sin is an introduction to the systematic omissions and erasures of truth in our U.S. History books. The Constitution of the United States is America's Original Sin, having excluded Blacks, Native Americans, and women from citizenship.
Intended for taxation and representation purposes only, the three-fifths valuation of enslaved Blacks instead inculcated into the psyches of white people proof of white superiority and Black inferiority. Transferred from generation to generation, the exponential damage of this racism is irreparable.
Because enslaved Blacks and Indigenous peoples were omitted from the protections of our Consti-tution, individual rights violations and inequities have continued such that, hundreds of years later, we are once again at the edge of the same abyss that preceded the Civil War.
Designs of Omission provides a historical backdrop to racism, immigration, multiculturalism, exclusions and offers solutions for systemic change and inclusion in America. Hopefully, the facts will spark a recognition of the exclusion and racism inherent in our institutional and systemic designs and become a catalyst for discussion, activism, and change.
Show moreByron Noriyoshi Kunisawa, a Sansei (third-generation Japanese American), was born in the Internment Camp of Topaz, Utah, youngest of four siblings: two boys and two girls. Their mother, Shizue, was a single parent with sole responsibility of raising her four children.He was the first in his family to go to college and graduated from California State University, San Francisco with a BA in Sociology, a K-9 teaching credential, and a Masters in Educational Administration.He was an educator in the Palo Alto Unified School District and in the Cycle 7 Teacher Corps Project to develop teachers for low income communities. He was selected to a National Multicultural Drug Prevention Advisory Board for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He co-founded the NIDA Advisory Board and the San Francisco Multicultural Training Resource Center in 1985. MTRC was awarded the California State Multicultural Aids Prevention Center contract in 1986.Kunisawa is an internationally recognized consultant and lecturer. His clientele included NASA, CIA, National Science Foundation, National Education Association, Department of the Treasury, National Forestry Service, City of Vancouver, Canada, United States Football League, and Ministry of Multiculturalism, British Columbia, Canada.He was awarded the NASA Public Service Award & Medal in 1994, and was Outstanding Global Diversity Speaker for the 2007 International Diversity Speakers Association in Mexico City.
"Having known Byron Kunisawa for nearly 40 years, he has never
ceased to amaze me. During my tenure with the U.S. Department of
Justice, we contracted Byron to conduct many workshops and training
seminars on cross--cultural conflict resolution. His insights and
strategies helped prevent and resolve often violent ethnic
conflict. The accumulation of principles he developed in those most
effective trainings has found a home in Designs of Omission.
Byron's recent publication is an essential tool to understanding
this nation's basic flaws of racism and sexism and to develop
mechanisms to deter and hopefully eradicate these evils. Designs of
Omission is so vital in making this a country where there is truly
liberty and justice for all." - Gilbert R. Hirabayashi, Community
Relations Service, U.S. Department of Justice (Ret)
"This is a must-read book that looks at our U.S. history like never
before and opens our eyes to how Designs of Omission brought us to
where we are today. It will educate and get you thinking about
where we go from here. - Rachel Dondero, Human Capital Manager,
Department of the Navy (Ret)
"Designs of Omission: America's Original Sin should be proclaimed a
national treasure. It should be included as part of a canon of
literary and scholarly works around which a mandatory orientation
process for every elected and appointed office of public power
ought to be developed. Kunisawa has produced a readable journey
through twenty-six generations of American history that every
reader can digest. He lets the truth speak for itself, which has
its own power to transform minds and hearts.
Kunisawa establishes in Designs of Omission a foundation of new
knowledge for generations today that can build a common ground of
understanding across racial divides which can lead to productive
dialogue and perhaps collective collaboration to resume the work of
the White and Black "Radicals" following the Civil War and the
nonviolent "Revolutionaries" of the 1960s, whose dreams of a
"beloved community" can only be achieved when generations of
Americans of all races agree on a common vision of equitable access
and outcomes for a 21st century multicultural America.
This book offers its readers a paradigm-shifting lens of historical
context that envisions an Inclusive America for future generations,
which can only be realized if generations alive today will accept
one undeniable truth: For an Inclusive America to live, White
supremacy must die. Designs of Omission inspires us to accept that
truth and work toward achieving the dream of an inclusive
society."(See Foreword of book for more.) - Mike Green, Cultural
Economist, Co-founder, Common Ground Conversations on Race in
America, Chief Strategist, National Institute for Inclusive
Competitiveness, Consultant, Speaker, Author
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