Does anyone know the dates for this year's International Blog Against Racism Week?

A heads-up:  this is a wandering post, but my meanders do have a point. I think. I'm not entirely sure of it, though...One of the important things I learned back when I worked in ethnographic market research at Cheskin was about Hispanics/Latinos in the United States ( Read more... )

I'm feeling a bit drained from the last two essays I wrote, so how about a little fluff ( Read more... )

karnythia has made an impassioned post today that I wish to boost the signal for:

We Have Feelings Too or The Cost OF Being A POC in Race Discussions

Also, in general I want to point out that karnythia, sparkymonster, unusualmusic, rawles, and many, many other people have been engaging in important discussions about racism. Seriously, go check out ibarw and the link round-up posts. People are ( Read more... )

My mother is a brave woman, although she wouldn't think to call herself that. She's just persevering, you know? You do what you have to do, especially if you have kids to raise. You carry on ( Read more... )

Yes, I know.

It's not a helping thing to say, "coconut." It's not helping to judge him like that, and who, by the way, appointed me arbiter of all that is Mexican? No one, that's who. I'm no one to judge. And it's not like I don't understand his dilemma and his choices and how that must be so hard, so conflicted for him. I do. I get it. I know ( Read more... )

My America is a thousand peoples, a myriad tongues, a full spectrum of colors ( Read more... )

It's that time of year when many of us are making a concerted effort to engage in conversations about race, racism, ethnocentrism, privilege, power, and the other issues that cloud our abilities to treat everyone with dignity and equality. In short: what it's like to live in our societies--and how to change it ( Read more... )

I had a couple of starts on today's piece, but I'm letting those drafts sit for a while ( Read more... )

So how do I see color ( Read more... )