Posts Tagged ‘Race & Ethnicity’
This Shit Doesn’t Happen Overnight: The Insidious Planning That Goes Into Gentrification
Cold brews and fourteen-dollar raw juice joints and white folks everywhere; in what seems like a blink of an eye, your neighborhood has changed completely. But, despite how abrupt it can feel, gentrification doesn’t happen overnight. Gentrification happens after months, and sometimes even years, of preparation — crafted in the offices of real estate moguls…
Read MoreRace Matters: A Story About White Privilege
How can we better understand white privilege and use this knowledge to make the world better for everyone? To this day, so many conversations about [white] privilege are rendered futile because of an inability to accept that our society systematically uplifts some individuals while marginalizing others. Too often, there is a stubborn refusal to accept…
Read MoreOn Ending White Supremacy
Originally published on Medium and republished here with the author’s permission. Since Inauguration Day, the progressive community and people of good conscience more generally are experiencing a mix of dread, despair and fear as we steel ourselves to face the dystopian reality of the Trump era. We all recognize the threat that a Trump administration represents for…
Read More6 Things White People Can Do To Reach Friends and Family Members to End Racism
Originally published on Medium and republished here with the author’s permission. All across America, people are wondering what to do to stop the rising tide of fascism and many feel powerless and frustrated. I posted on social media that white people need to do more and specifically to reach those white men marching with torches, chanting Nazi slogans. They…
Read MoreAre Debtors Courts Unfairly Targeting Minorities?
“What if they sent you to jail for being broke?” Huh? Well, many people (read: mostly people of color) really do get sent to jail for just that. Nearly two hundred years ago, the United States set up debtors’ prisons for people who couldn’t pay their debts. Today’s modern-day prisons have taken their place and…
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