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D E S I G N & P U B L I S H I N G S E R V I C E S
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We are excited to announce the launch of our new title Designs of Omission : America's Original Sin by NASA Public Service Award & Medal Recipient, and Outstanding Global Diversity Speaker, International Diversity Speakers Association, Byron Noriyoshi Kunisawa .
Nominee 35th Annual IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association) Benjamin Franklin Award in the categories of Education, History, Multicultural, and Political/Current Events.
Nominee Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2023 in BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color) and Social Justice.
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Designs of Omission, America's Original Sin 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. |
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.
endorsements
"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." (See Foreword for more.)
— Mike Green, Cultural Economist, Co-founder of Common Ground Conversations on Race in America,
Chief Strategist at the National Institute for Inclusive Competitiveness, Consultant, Speaker, Author