No doubt what I am about to say is going to rub someone the wrong way, but in this moment, we need truth. Not another day of bowing to white fragility or leaning in to faux civility, which too often places the burden on BIPOC folks to stay silent. Since the murders of Trayvon Martin …
Calling All White People, Part 50 TODAY’S EPISODE: You just need that one friend, right? I mean, we all know that classic about how “I’d go gay for [insert celebrity name here]” right? The casual theory goes that everyone has someone they would “go gay” for no matter how heterosexual they are—for one night, …
It used to mean a lot more to be white. Don’t get me wrong, it still means a lot. Like, a lot a lot. Seriously, it means so much right now that I honestly can’t even imagine what it must be like. But it used to mean a lot more. You used to get stuff, …