The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives in many ways, including traditional June Pride events and celebrations. The pandemic has also revealed a lot about humanity, both good and bad—especially as states struggle with reopenings, enforcing social distancing guidelines, and recent spikes in COVID-19 cases…and how to respond to #BlackLivesMatter protests all across the country AND world. One common refrain …
More and more I’ve been getting this question from readers: How do I engage with my racist family member/friend/coworker? There’s an implication in this question that engaging with a racist can eventually lead to a racist seeing the error of their ways. If I could get white liberals to understand one thing about their fellow whites, it’s that there actually …
So, news broke on June 15 that Maine Gov. Janet Mills was opening the whole state back open for business again. I guess it’s not surprising. Her predecessor, the despicably awful Paul LePage, made the whole idea of “Maine is Open for Business” a centerpiece of his eight-year efforts and his rhetoric (“The way life should be” and “Vacationland” just …
“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there’s no progress. If you pull it all the way out that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven’t even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound. They won’t even admit the knife is there.” …
We all are capable of unintentionally harming people, especially Black and brown people, by lumping them into categories that erase disparities and differences between groups. In some ways the phrases and terminology we use reflect the evolution of scholarship and knowledge about race and ethnicity, but in other ways it is also a matter of expediency and convenience. While certain …
Calling All White People, Part 45 (A periodic attempt to mobilize white people for something other than supporting just other melanin-deficient folks and maintaining a status quo of a nation geared toward whiteness as the baseline and the norm) By An Average White Guy TODAY’S EPISODE: No, you don’t get to tone-police the uprising, either [To find other installments …
As Americans, we love to say that we’re a nation of laws. There’s an implication in that idea that we innately understand what’s right and what’s wrong and that we will do what’s right even and especially when it’s easier to do wrong. Except we’re not a nation of laws. We’re a nation of order. Social order, specifically. And we …
The chorus grows louder across the United States for things to return to normal, aided no doubt by the inept, morally bankrupt rube that we call the president. Sadly, this Memorial Day weekend, article after article showed Americans across the country enjoying the unofficial kick-off to summer by doing all their normal long weekend, warm weather kinds of things—gathering in …
We were supposed to stay home until the number of new COVID-related deaths declined for two weeks. During that two weeks, the federal government was supposed to enact a plan that would keep the people afloat and minimize economic damage. This could be done following one of the myriad plans available from various experts or just by copying what other, …
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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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Pride month is a celebration for blackness too
For those who don’t know, June is Pride Month, a celebration of LGBTQ lives and rights hard-fought-for. Like many other celebratory months, Black History Month among them, it is a time to be more publicly loud and proud, a time for reflection and, you know (if you’re fortunate) a time to educate people who aren’t completely invested in ignorance and …
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