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As more and more people join the liberation movement to end racism, if you have been here a while, join us in finding ways to answer the questions that come directly from the heart. Before I begin, I want to acknowledge the Cowlitz, Columbia, Grand Ronde, and Siletz people as the stewards of the area
Dysconsciousness is when I don’t know, but I think I do. Before I begin, I want to acknowledge the Cowlitz, Columbia, Grand Ronde, and Siletz people as the stewards of the area where I live and thank them for their leadership. I also want to acknowledge the people who have cultivated me. I would not
Sadly, white people’s efforts at ending racism are rarely substantial enough to make a difference, and yet we often expect the targets of racism to accept our self-proclamations, applaud our effort, become our friends, and invite us to build alliances with them. We throw silent (and not so silent) tantrums when we are among our
Experience tells us that culture is essential for humans. Being a part of something greater than ourselves meets deep, human, life-affirming needs we all have. Yet most of our white antiracist spaces fall woefully short in terms of culture, and many of us feel that even when we don’t know how to talk about it.
White people on the journey to end racism struggle to talk about leadership, myself included. And for good reason. All we have to do is look at the landscape of who most often is amplified as a leader to see racist patterns at work. In my experience, white people are over-resourced and under-developed, which means
Many people and organizations are considering joining or starting a white affinity group. Yet, there are many questions about what those spaces are and are not. The risk is that if we don’t get some clarity, white affinity spaces could become the next thing that white people do because it’s what we think we should.
If you’ve been around any liberation movements, you know that there are high times and hard times. But we don’t make progress by chance. Liberation is not outerwear to be sloughed off when things get heavy, tight, or heated. Liberation is medicine that works best from the inside out as a daily practice. Let’s look
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