Calling All White People, Part 63 TODAY’S EPISODE: How about we try a little less compassion? I saw a post online recently asking: Would you break up with a potentially very promising partner if you found out they were racist? Hell, yes. I mean, I’d ...
Calling All White People, Part 63 TODAY’S EPISODE: How about we try a little less compassion? I saw a post online recently asking: Would you break up with a potentially very promising partner if you found out they were racist? Hell, yes. I mean, I’d probably start with telling them how screwed-up their heinous beliefs ...
Several days ago, I shared a personal insight on a social media platform. It went like this: Uncomfortable revelation after 21 years in this very white space. I am not sure white women are capable of authentic friendship. I find too many of y’all only want connection on your terms. That’s not how friendship actually ...
It wasn’t that long ago that news of a white man targeting Black people and killing them—because he hated “ni**ers”—would have been newsworthy beyond the carcass of Black Twitter and anti-racism Instagram. But, as we move further away from the great racial awakening of 2020, and people settle into our new dystopian norm of great ...
A lack of humility almost cost me the person whom I love and the thing is, until it was brought to my attention, I had no idea that I was so deeply lacking in humility and that this state of mind was translating into questionable behaviors. In our case, I had entered into a relationship ...
Black Lives Matter was created in 2013, after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin. Initially created as a hashtag between organizer friends to speak to the humanity of Black people in a world happy to discard us, Black Lives Matter grew into a movement. A movement that shifted conversations, educated ...
