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#WakingUpWhite Chapter 23: Diversity Training

More than having a map, a method, and motive, grasping what race and racialism in America will involve something deeper than just a way to work things out. Continue reading →

Your Good Intentions Don’t Make Things Not Racist

Some good thoughts about intentions vs. impact. via Your Good Intentions Don’t Make Things Not Racist

#WakingUpWhite Chapter 22: Why Do I Always End Up with White People?

Ever wonder why it is that even when good people want to fix things, nothing really gets fixed but a lot of talk passes by? Continue reading →

Six Freedoms Black People Do Not Have Under a White Supremacy

via Six Freedoms Black People Do Not Have Under a White Supremacy I highly recommend you take a look at this article.

The Charlottesville Declaration

From the founding of this nation until the present hour, the idolatry of whiteness has been a pro-death spirit within our republic. I did not see this earlier, but I think it’s important to proclaim—loudly, confidently—that the gospel in America … Continue reading →

#Waking Up White Chapter 21: Straddling Two Worlds

This chapter is unbelievably relevant, especially in light of the post I put up not six hours ago about my past (“News and Updates”) as well as my essay on Medium (“My Journey into Blackness”). While I was in process … Continue reading →

News and Updates

So here’s what’s going down… Some of you might know that I’ve been thinking about and writing about issues of race and equality for a long time. I’ve been vocal about my beliefs and vocal about my insistence that we … Continue reading →

#WakingUpWhite Chapter 20: My Robin Hood Syndrome

“You know, we’re trying to focus on programs that serve Boston’s inner-city youth. If you could develop a vision that includes that population, we’d be more interested in supporting you.” This is an intriguing chapter, and one that is perhaps … Continue reading →

#WakingUpWhite Chapter 19: My Good Luck

“… I returned … with my childhood ideas about a level playing field, a world teeming with opportunity, and myself as a good person fully intact.” I thought this chapter was interesting about the smooth ride that being both rich … Continue reading →

Whiteness

I recently had an interaction with a gentleman while on another blog, and it seems useful to us both to have that discussion here rather than divert an existing blog post for our own interests. I’ll let him introduce himself, … Continue reading →