Tag: institutional racism

Crowning Achievement

Posted on March 10, 2021 by

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Such is the power of institutional racism that it can take an accomplished, beautiful, loved woman of color to the razor’s edge of not wanting to be alive. If anything has stuck with me from the Meghan and Harry interview, it was this realization:… Continue Reading “Crowning Achievement”

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Cracks in the Brick Wall: Thoughts on White Fragility, Part Three

Posted on April 3, 2017 by

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I am tempted to use my whiteness as a weapon. Why? Because I know it would probably work. Why not? Because it’s contrary to my beliefs, undercuts people who aren’t white, and buys into and reinforces white privilege. I could weaponize my white privilege… Continue Reading “Cracks in the Brick Wall: Thoughts on White Fragility, Part Three”

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Good White Person: Start Where You Are

Posted on December 26, 2014 by

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For the past eight months, people in Milwaukee have been waiting for an official determination of whether a police officer would be charged with shooting and killing an unarmed man he found sleeping in a public park. From the way I phrase that, which… Continue Reading “Good White Person: Start Where You Are”

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