Happy Thanksgiving?
“You think I’m an ignorant savage And you’ve been so many places I guess it must be so But still, I cannot see If the savage one is me How can there be so much that you don’t know? You … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving?
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“Olly Olly auction free! Come out! Come out, wherever you are!”
My arms were wrapped around my knees. I gently squeezed my knees tighter and tighter until they crushed my chest. I buried my head down into the darkness of my body to make myself as small as I could. No … Continue reading “Olly Olly auction free! Come out! Come out, wherever you are!”
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
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