I know I have it. Can we go a layer deeper now?
What the Heck Is Compassion, Anyway?
And why didn’t anyone tell me it can be so damn painful?
And why didn’t anyone tell me it can be so damn painful?
There’s Me, Culturally Appropriating
Over the past year or so, I’ve been learning to see myself as a white person rather than “just a person, like everybody else.”
Over the past year or so, I’ve been learning to see myself as a white person rather than “just a person, like everybody else.”
I’m Not Biracial, but I Am Really Tan…
People aren’t scared of me when I’m tan, they compliment me.
People aren’t scared of me when I’m tan, they compliment me.
Centering My White Experience
White people have feelings, too.
White people have feelings, too.
Redefining “White Power”
White power, healthy white power, is a good thing.
White power, healthy white power, is a good thing.
An Honest Essay About White Privilege: Take 2
White people were objectively wrong to believe that the white race is the superior race. And there is nothing controversial or shameful about that.
White people were objectively wrong to believe that the white race is the superior race. And there is nothing controversial or shameful about that.
‘There Are Starving Children in Africa’
Ask yourself why you feel helpless.
Ask yourself why you feel helpless.
What Talking About Racism Actually Looks Like
Recent calls for white people to “be anti-racist” and “do better” have been flooding my media stream. I don’t like the term anti-racist, but I understand what it means. I think it triggers emotional reactions in the people who most need to understand it, but to me it’s just a level of self-awareness that creates…