Embracing Change
“Autumn is a season for transformation and a time to acknowledge the ache in our souls as we let go of the warmth of what was and enter into the cold unknown of what’s to come. But there is so … Continue reading Embracing Change
Being Black and Feeling Blue in a White-Centered Country
In the United States, pursuing social, physical, financial, or mental health while Black can be the very thing that harms you. It wasn’t poor nutrition that hurt Toni’s mental health. It was psychological danger. Toni grew up in East Birmingham, … Continue reading Being Black and Feeling Blue in a White-Centered Country
The True Colors of White Womanhood
By Robin Schlenger and Robin Mallison Alpern Hashtag: whitewomen, racism, socialjustice, Thearcofwhitewomanhood, whitefeminism We came together several years ago to collaborate on creating an anti-racist training series for white women. Our purpose in creating The Arc of White Womanhood is … Continue reading The True Colors of White Womanhood
The Sound of Many Languages
When my family visited the nation of Cameroon last year, it was a linguistically challenging trip. Cameroon’s main colonial language was French. Out of the six of us, I was the only one who’d ever studied French—and that was thirty … Continue reading The Sound of Many Languages
See Through the Tarnish: Sparkle, Shine, & Glow
We see ourselves and others with a tarnished view, not an accurate, clear, clean reflection, but one tarnished by our own sin and pain as well as the other person’s. Continue reading See Through the Tarnish: Sparkle, Shine, & Glow
The Color Line: America’s Problem or Promise?
Over a century ago, in The Souls of Black Folk, his classic 1903 treatise on the challenges of racism nationally and globally, W. E. B. Du Bois argued that “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the … Continue reading The Color Line: America’s Problem or Promise?
The October Theme, True Colors
The Autumn season brings the year to a glorious crescendo of color, “True Colors.” Cooler temperatures withdraw the masking of the greening chlorophyll to reveal each leaf’s true colors. We commonly call it fall foliage. In the same way, America’s … Continue reading The October Theme, True Colors
October Has Us Falling In Love With The Season Of Generosity
Thank you for your interest in Three-Fifths Magazine. We are growing, innovating, and challenging society to change through a thoughtful, responsible conversation that exposes fundamental systems of longstanding socially constructed racial divides, hierarchies, caste, and classism in American culture, no … Continue reading October Has Us Falling In Love With The Season Of Generosity
No Whitewashed Leaves
In her book, “The Very Good Gospel,” Lisa Sharon Harper defines “shalom” as “everything wrong made right again.” It is my favorite definition of the word. As the world catches fire– literally and metaphorically through increasing social rhetoric and violent … Continue reading No Whitewashed Leaves
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