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Anti-Racism
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Write a love letter to a white anti-racist who inspires you. So simple, so elegant, something I have never done. This is a beautiful reminder of the need to not only believe in justice and the value of community, but to act on those beliefs, to allow them to be evident in day-to-day practice....
An examination of the contributing factors of one public official's use of an image depicting Obama's head on a chimpanzee's body and her subsequent hollow apology....
This is a story about how my anti-racism practice shows up in my work world....
I know this isn’t new. But, I think this blog post from Alter Net could be a good resource for those of us who are trying to figure out how to talk to our progressive/liberal white friends/colleagues about race....
For me, a few lessons learned and/or renewed this year include......
There are many that rightly question how white people doing anti-racism benefit markedly from the work. How many of us are called to speak more often because of the very privilege that we’re trying to dismantle?...
What do you do when someone does something that requires critique?...
For a few months I decided to do something different. I decided to say “yes” to anything that sounded like a good idea, even if I wasn’t sure that I’d have time to accomplish it....
I learned something about myself last week. It is this: No, I cannot share substantially with someone for even 8 minutes without talking about race. No, I will not submit to surface level chatter to avoid it. And, no, I am not afraid of what that might bring....