“Unfortunately, she exists in a long tradition of Black activist women who die impoverished, who die sick and alone and scared, because we love an activist until they need something. ” – Mikki Kendall There is a long tradition of Black women ...
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Hidden Black women and their greatness, often unrecognized until death—if even then

“Unfortunately, she exists in a long tradition of Black activist women who die impoverished, who die sick and alone and scared, because we love an activist until they need something.” – Mikki Kendall There is a long tradition of Black women fighting for social justice issues, raising awareness, and essentially spending their lives working to ...

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Social media giveth; social media taketh away

For the past several months, millions of Americans have had their spirits boosted by a young librarian, Mychal Threets. Mychal is the supervising librarian at Fairfield Civic Center Library in Solano County, Calif., and he became social media (and general media) famous for sharing snippets of his life as a librarian on various platforms. Mychal ...

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Calling All White People, Part 64: Let’s not center ourselves so much, OK?

TODAY’S EPISODE: That white (hot) spotlight I’m sure that longtime readers of BGIM here have noticed that I don’t post nearly as much as I used to. Hell, BGIM herself lately mentions “bringing me out of retirement” when she makes note of a new post by me. (And right now she’s visiting family, so I’m ...

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The cops and anti racists—They are not friends

The past couple of weeks have been an emotional and mental whirlwind as I navigate the aftermath of unexpectedly putting myself in the crosshairs of a rabid racist. I have been writing about race and racism in Maine and beyond since 2003, and while there have been times when I have written pieces where I ...

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When Black History Month becomes Black Harassment Month

It was over a decade ago that I received my first invitation to keynote an event for Black History Month. If memory serves, it was a UU Church in Kennebunk, Maine. At that time, Americans of all hues were awakening to the painful reality that despite having our first Black president, injustice still ran rampant ...

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