Being a racist doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. What?? Hear me out- We’ve come to believe that a racist is 1. An individual 2. Who consciously doesn’t like people based on race 3. & who intentionally seeks to be mean to them. By this definition, when someone points out that something was racist, weContinue reading “What’s the Definition of a Racist?”
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Happy Juneteenth!
Sometimes I wonder what I would have done, had I been born while slavery was still legal. As much as I like to think I would have taken action against it, I’ll never really know. However, I believe that what we do now to fight the current injustices is a good indicator of what weContinue reading “Happy Juneteenth!”
My Confession
“As a result of being a white person raised in this society, I have a racist world-view. I have deep racist biases, I have developed racist patterns, and I have investments in the system of racism because it’s served me really well. It’s helped me overcome the barriers that I do face. “I also haveContinue reading “My Confession”
Our Police Encounter
We were parked in a McDonald’s parking lot late one night (maybe midnight?). I can’t remember where we’d been, but in that moment we were just eating our McDonald’s, enjoying some in-person, one-on-one time that’s so rare in long distance relationships. We were surprised when we saw a police pull into the parking lot withContinue reading “Our Police Encounter”
