Exploring whiteness
Join me in examining and reflecting on how we all, as children, have been conditioned around race, whether we are aware of it or not.-
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How could the grown-ups let this happen?
“Hatred has a weight to it. It’s a force, has a target. I was the recipient, the human bull’s eye, even though it was not aimed personally.” —Journal entry, Sept 25, 2004 “I went over to Naomi’s house. We … Continue reading
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It Happens All the Time
“Democracy cannot breathe, and will die, if those enjoined to protect and uphold the law snuff it out unjustly and without consequence. Justice cannot breathe when Black men and boys and women and girls are routinely profiled, abused, arrested, and … Continue reading
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On Michael Brown
The following piece is by a guest writer, my friend and UNtraining colleague Mollie Crittenden. Mollie is the Director of Community Engagement at San Francisco University High School. She read this as a part of UHS’s PERSPECTIVE series at an All … Continue reading
Taking a Break – Comments Continue!
Hello readers, I have decided to take an official break (as opposed to just a long gap!) from new posts on the blog, so I can finish the Good Little White Girl book by July. The last 3-4 chapters have … Continue reading
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The Unitarian Angel
“Tonight I had angel pageant practice and Jeff Lewis of all people is one of the shepherds! I wear a real keen outfit except that tonight it was ten times too long. If I stand up straight I have more … Continue reading
How I Didn’t Go to the 1963 March on Washington
“More than 200,000 Americans, most of them black, but many of them white, demonstrated here today for a full and speedy program of civil rights and equal job opportunities. It was the greatest assembly for a redress of grievances that … Continue reading
Who “Belongs” in America?
U.S. Naturalization Act of 1790 “All free white persons who have, or shall migrate into the United States, and shall give satisfactory proof… that they intend to reside therein, and shall take an oath of allegiance, and shall have resided … Continue reading
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Tagged American identity, citizenship, immigration, white privilege
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Color Me White
“White people are neither literally nor symbolically white. We are not the colour of snow or bleached linen, nor are we uniquely virtuous and pure. Yet images of white people are recognizable by virtue of colour.” —Richard Dyer, White, 1997 … Continue reading
The Land Where Thanksgiving Was Invented
“Today is a time of celebrating for you…but it is not a time of celebrating for me. It is with heavy heart that I look upon what happened to my People…The Pilgrims had hardly explored the shores of Cape Cod … Continue reading
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We’re “Good White People” — Aren’t We?
“Our philosophy of life is that a man must teach his child to increase the goodness in the world more than his father before him… [My wife] is an English teacher. I hope some day to become a teacher of … Continue reading
