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Heather Denkmire

Don’t make Black people into your “magical Negroes”

January 17, 2021 by Heather Denkmire
Silhouette view from behind of person in a cross-legged sitting position meditating on a deck in view of a pretty sunlit landscape

A few days ago I saw a tweet that I liked and immediately retweeted. Heck yes, Cori Bush and the point she made RULES! Then I felt a knot in my stomach. I didn’t know why, but I un-retweeted it and sat with the feelings. On the one hand, I’ve seen Cori Bush kicking *ss …

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Categories Activism, Racial and Cultural

White people have always known about racism; let the scales fall from your eyes

December 19, 2020 by Heather Denkmire

The following are excerpts of a discussion about white denial. Bran is Black, Heather is white. Heather: When we were talking the other day, and please correct me if I’m wrong in how I’m portraying it, but, you said you were tired of white people exclaiming, “I never knew!” when they hear about the brutality …

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Categories Racial and Cultural 1 Comment

What will you do now? No matter who is president, white progressives must act

November 7, 2020 by Heather Denkmire
two white hands reaching out between two rows of metal posts to touch

As a white person who accepts that racial capitalism and white supremacy are structural systems that need to be destroyed, I’m always asking the question, “but what can I DO” to change these systems? As I write this, we aren’t sure who won the presidential election. That said, of one thing I am sure: We …

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