CRT: The facts of life

Last week, the Supreme Court upheld right-wing racist voting restrictions in Arizona, effectively gutting what’s left of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling was 6-3 and five of those six right-wing justices were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote. If that wasn’t ironic enough, please remember that this is happening while the chief …

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Calling All White People, Part 55: Maybe we shouldn’t share trauma so widely

old style corded black phone mounted on red paneled wall

TODAY’S EPISODE: Finding the Line Between Trauma Porn and Awareness     I know many of you mean well…but sometimes you need to think twice before posting. Maybe even thrice. What am I talking about? Well, videos of Black people being brutally assaulted or killed by police. Or, for that matter, similar kinds of things. Maybe …

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