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Heather Denkmire

No strings donations: Breaking the cycle of privilege’s rules

November 28, 2021 by Heather Denkmire
Hand holding dollar bill

A few months ago as I was walking with a friend, she was telling me about people in her home country who had even less money than she does. She was telling me about them because I had given her some money and she wanted to tell me about who the money was helping. I …

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Categories class, Commentary, Money, White folks 3 Comments

Black women shouldn’t have to save us…or teach us

October 18, 2021 by Heather Denkmire

It’s not the job of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color to teach white people how to undo racism. When a person of color is forced to endure racism directed at them personally, too often they are expected not only to not defend themselves but to also help the perpetrator learn and do better. …

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Categories Activism, Current Events, Racial and Cultural 2 Comments

Are we white people redeemable?

September 29, 2021September 28, 2021 by Heather Denkmire

I am a white woman trying to heal the harms white supremacy has caused in my life so I might be a part of changing our racialized capitalist/white supremacist systems; I’m doing my imperfect best to work with other white people in our healing so we can be authentic partners with all humanity on the …

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Categories Activism, Commentary, Racial and Cultural 3 Comments
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