No doubt what I am about to say is going to rub someone the wrong way, but in this moment, we need truth. Not another day of bowing to white fragility or leaning in to faux civility, which too often places the burden on BIPOC folks to stay silent. Since the murders of Trayvon Martin …
Today, I want my fellow white people to consider what it would be like to go to a local business and be treated as if you don’t matter, as if you are garbage on the bottom of a shoe. I bring this up because a friend shared with me a story of what I must …
If you’re anything like me (and like most people, I expect), you’ve probably thought as you saw news coverage of any raging wildfire or massively flooded community in recent years how grateful the people who were spared catastrophe must have been. You’ve probably imagined yourself in their place, breathing a deep sigh of relief when …