Regarding the Russell Brand video going around, I'm not arguing that the video shouldn't be discussed, viewed or disseminated. By all means, these are ideas that should be discussed. But I am seeing a lot of unqualified Russell Brand love going around and I think it's worth while to point out that his thinking has its blind spots that are a ( Read more... )

I suspect most of my regular readers have not only heard of white privilege but have also read accounts of the ways white privilege benefits those of us who are white. (Obviously my readers who don't share this privilege are already painfully aware.) I've read various lists but this is one of the more complete ones I've come across (though I'm sure ( Read more... )

OK, folks on twitter, I get it, the royal baby is not starving and will grow up supported by the people of Britain. He also didn't get to choose that. So here's hoping that he grows up aware of privilege and the lack thereof and uses position to help rather than harm and to heal divisions ( Read more... )

"You Are Not Us"

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"A short essay on telling Whiteness no from the perspective of a pained Black woman. Specifically about how White people talk about young people of color in the news, Trayvon Martin, Rachel Jeantal and Kiera Wilmot. Warning there is racialized language in this piece. "
I read my friend Shannon's essay a couple of ( Read more... )