This weekend at a conference, a black person said to me that their biggest take-away from the actions taking place in Ferguson, MO was that we need to stop wearing black. A cop had told …
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On Ferguson and Why Your Respectability Won’t Save You
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On Father’s Day
Once, when we were much younger, my dad threatened to hang me and my siblings out the window by our toes and, much to his chagrin, we laughed. We laughed and laughed. The reason we …
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On respectability
A co-worker recently old me that she moved to a rough neighborhood in Brooklyn, not realizing that it was a neighborhood I’d been raised in and still go to regularly to do community work. I …
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A Year in Review: The Top 10 Most Racist/Privileged Things White Feminists Did in 2013
In honor of the #stopblamingwhitewomenweneedunity hashtag (started via this Huffington Post article penned by the delightfully clueless Adele Wilde-Blavatsky) I’ve decided to put together a top ten honoring the many interesting methods white feminists employed …
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On violence
I am terrified of white people. I usually don’t let anyone know this because I’m hoping that my Amazonian stature coupled with the “angry black woman” trope will keep me safe enough to get away …
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On Trayvon
I know you’re mad and rightfully so. If black folks don’t have nothing else it’s faith & hope. We can see the same fucked up thing our whole entire lives and still believe that if …
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On microaggressions
As the doors of the subway car slide closed a pained wail issues from down the platform. “STOP!” The entire car gazes inquisitively out the windows. A young black man runs by. A moment passes. …
