When we think about how businesses can really serve people, this is what should come to mind. What a beautiful example of people supporting one another....
Cultural appropriation often distorts the beauty of the original form. Worse, blind appropriation and defensive egos shield people from recognizing the harm they perpetuate on others....
Here we have it, reason enough that law enforcement and immigration officials should NOT work together in a way that makes undocumented people in our cities fear the police. This is a warning to all those in Arizona who are about to make life extremely dangerous for those in their state....
What do you do when someone does something that requires critique?...
For a few months I decided to do something different. I decided to say “yes” to anything that sounded like a good idea, even if I wasn’t sure that I’d have time to accomplish it....
I learned something about myself last week. It is this: No, I cannot share substantially with someone for even 8 minutes without talking about race. No, I will not submit to surface level chatter to avoid it. And, no, I am not afraid of what that might bring....
The phone rang at 6:30 this morning. I knew who it was. There’s only one person who calls me this early....
I also have to remind myself that there’s room for ALL white people to find their unique voice and speak out about racism, privilege, and how we can work more effectively for racial justice…in our own, hopefully continually improving, way....
There is a deep dis-ease regarding race residing within much of the white community. We are uncomfortable, but we don’t know what to do about it!...