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Racial and Cultural

Don’t let “Summer of Soul” slip by you

July 25, 2021 by Samuel James

If you haven’t seen Summer of Soul (… Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) yet, please get on it. Stop reading this right now and go spend 117 minutes getting your life better. It’ll be over before you know it and you’ll be fighting the impulse to watch it all over again—and you …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural

Beyond allies and accomplices to concrete plans

July 18, 2021 by Shay
Side-profile drawing of a man's head, abstract with glowing colors instead of normal skin tone, mostly red, green, yellow and orange, with what resembles a large cloud of mist in the same colors coming out of the top of the head to form a little cloud

Last summer, millions were declaring that the United States had reached a turning point in its painful racial history. The death of George Floyd appeared to be mobilizing people not just across the country but also elsewhere in the world to care about racial justice. In the United States, protests took place in every state, …

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Categories Activism, Racial and Cultural 1 Comment

Skip the zero-sum game and shoot for something better

July 14, 2021 by Heather Denkmire

How do you see the world? Is it an either/or, zero-sum game? Have you considered “both/and?” Recovering from my addiction to whiteness (aka the “culture of white dominance,” aka “white supremacy culture”) requires that I practice living in new ways. I need to build new pathways in my brain, practice being different than I am …

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Categories Activism, Commentary, Racial and Cultural
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