American death spiral, racism and COVID

One could say that the American systems are broken, but that wouldn’t exactly be the truth. After all, the founding tenets of the United States are settler colonialism and white supremacy, which in theory means that our “brokenness” was actually baked into the system. The system has never worked for non-white-bodied people. Sure, there are …

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Our short memories could be our undoing

Even before the pandemic, our collective memory was short. Americans excel at a certain lack of recollection and wishful thinking, rather than using memory and critical thought to assess and analyze situations. It’s why we never really move the needle on racism or any other core injustices that are central to our identity. It most …

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Do you steal from Black people?

don't just take, give neon sign

Do you steal from Black people? I imagine that if you are a white-bodied, regular reader of this site or you otherwise have a sustained interest in anti-racism work, you would probably say no. In fact, you might even horrified that, given all that you know, the question would even be asked of you. And …

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