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, …
Today, I want my fellow white people to consider what it would be like to go to a local business and be treated as if you don’t matter, as if you are garbage on the bottom of a shoe. I bring this up because a friend shared with me a story of what I must …