Slavery led to Jim Crow, Jim Crow led to redlining and redlining led to gentrification. It’s a commonly known history, and we often frame it as a kind of personal grievance. We point out certain historical figures, paint them as villains and more or less blame it all on their moral failings. And through a certain lens, it’s accurate to …
This past year—as the racial tensions rose across the country in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the police—organizations for a moment were quick to jump on the Black Lives Matter bandwagon and express support for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Black Lives Matter signs were the hottest new trend, only second to the latest anti …
Amy Coney Barrett is now a U.S. Supreme Court justice. And so a person with absolutely no qualifications has been appointed to a lifetime position on the highest court in the land by a Senate and a president that exist completely against the will of the people. Minority rule has almost completely taken over the entirety of the United States …
As we head into the final days of the 2020 presidential election season, it’s safe to say that tensions are running high. For a myriad of reasons, our choices are essentially two old white guys, one of whom has made it clear as day that he has no f*cks to give for the American people. For Trump, the presidency is …
As I watched the second and quite possibly final American presidential debate ever, I was overwhelmed with a feeling. It wasn’t anything about the debate, necessarily. The president was calmer than the first debate. He was even calmer than he was debating Hillary Clinton. He actually kinda came off like he’d lost a step. That’s not to say that he …
Like the vast majority of women, particularly those on social media and cell phones for a couple decades or so now, I am no stranger to men being overly—shall we say—“generous” with displaying their dicks for me when I didn’t ask to see their junk…and often when I don’t even know the person. Hell, I was even repeatedly harassed by …
Took a while to get to the second season of the podcast thanks to life in general and COVID in particular, but I’m back and talking to Samuel James, who I knew as a musician worth listening to and as a friend before he ever became a writer here. And he’s been expounding upon race and related matters in other …
So, I watched both town halls. And I made it, as far as I can tell. I’m not entirely sure. I may have had an aneurysm and could possibly be hallucinating writing this. But, assuming I’m not, let’s go! So, first, the president. I’m not gonna spend a lot of time here. I mean, he said a bunch of racist …
The following are excerpts of a discussion about the idea of white affinity groups in antiracism work. Bran is Black, Heather is white. Heather: Today you made a great comment about white people who talk about not wanting to hurt Black people that made me think about my motivations for “trying to cause less harm.” Do I genuinely want to …
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Happy Friday! It’s a gorgeous day up in my corner of the world and way too beautiful to be writing a blog post today. So I present you with the Friday Round-Up a list of blog posts this week from other bloggers that blew my mind. Perhaps if you need to kill some time or have a quiet moment you can check them out. http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/ Check out this cat, I have been a fan of his work forever. http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/ Good stuff here as well http://sweetersalt.com/ A Maine blogger who talks fashion and food…the best of both worlds http://paganchild-starmommy.blogspot.com/2011/03/keeping-focused.html A new blog that offers words of wisdom for all of us. http://mscleaver.com/ Another Mainer who for Lent is giving up pants, she is also a crafty gal If you have any links to good blogs, feel free to leave em. It’s my hope to make the Friday Round Up a regular feature at my new home specifically I would live to shine some light and love on smaller bloggers. It’s hard out here in this blogosphere with so many good blogs to choose from and so little time so let’s help everyone get a slice of the pie. I will be back on Monday, at that time I will unveil some ideas I have around monetizing things but You May Also Like: No related posts.
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