Posts by Rebecca John
Why ‘Post-Racial’ Worldviews Are Actually Just Racism in Disguise
How do you feel about living in a “post-racial” world? It’s a supposedly utopian world where we have magically moved past racial hierarchies and oppressions, and race doesn’t exist. But this author doesn’t want conditions in which racism is constantly perpetuated because we’re unwilling to name it. Read on for the dangers of living in a “post-racial” world.
Read More3 Ways to Talk About Social Justice at Home
In college, I would often immerse myself in feminist theory and politics. And then I’d come home and be unable to communicate those ideas to my mother, who is the embodiment of a feminist praxis. There is something very unsettling about preaching and aspiring to politics of liberation that alienate your own mother. Here’s some ways to address that and reconnect.
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