by lindaoppenheim | Jul 8, 2017 | Opinion
Courtney E. Martin describes an event that gave her the understanding that “[i]f there is no chance of escaping my own internal racism, then I don’t have to work so damn hard all the time to prove just how not-racist I am. Instead, I can spend energy doing...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 7, 2017 | Opinion
Ernest Owens lists five ways the idea of “allyship” has proved lacking. “Being in solidarity suggests that you come without prejudgments, conditions, or self-interests in supporting marginalized people — it’s about shifting the focus on those who...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 1, 2017 | Opinion
Race scholar, Robin DiAngelo, explains why explains why the phrase “white supremacy” is appropriate for use apart from its describing extremist groups: “White supremacy captures the all-encompassing centrality and assumed superiority of people...
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 15, 2017 | Article
“Being called out (or in) can be a gift, as it calls on us to rise up and do better – to tap into our empathy and do the serious and critical work of interrogating our own beliefs and biases.” Sam Dylan Finch provides nine responses when a person says or...
by lindaoppenheim | May 20, 2017 | Opinion, Uncategorized
Hari Ziyad, editor-in-chief of RaceBaitR, deputy editor of Black Youth Project, write on Afropunk: “If you are a white person who is so attached to the things that harm Black people that my anger at those things implicates you, then, yes, it does mean I hate...