It is really not "The Economy" that is the issue; it's poverty that causes us to slide. "It's Poverty" that we must first see and describe. A strong economy will not grow our future. If it could than we would have nothing to deride. Stock prices are [...]
Illustration Copyright Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis/AP Images By Chocolate, Pomp, And Circumstance | Originally Published at Chocolate, Pomp, and Circumstances . September 14, 2014 Imagine: You’re at work. You’re scrolling through Facebook or playing Candy Crush instead of paying attention to your conference call – your boss comes into [...]
Illustration by Tara Jacoby By David J. Leonard | Originally Published at Gawker. September 13, 2014 I am an angel in this nation. And I suspect the New York Times or Fox News would remember me as an angel if I am murdered in the middle of [...]
Dear PS 220 White Teachers Who Wore NYPD T-Shirts To School... It must have seemed like a fantastic idea when, despite warnings from the United Federation of Teachers, you all donned NYPD shirts and crowded in front of a camera for a smirking group [...]
By Tiffanie Drayton | Originally Published at Clutch Magazine. September 2, 2014 It makes sense that White people use completely illogical arguments to derail conversations about racism, because the current racial hierarchy reinforces White dominance and “White privilege”– so they benefit from it. What makes absolutely no [...]
Photograph; iStock Image | First Book. By Bree Ervin | Originally Published at Everyday Feminism and re-published at EmpathyEducates with their permission. August 30, 2014 Talking about race is challenging for many parents, especially White parents. There is a lot of fear and uncertainty about this topic [...]
One big happy family.Shutterstock By Christian Lander | Originally Published at Quartz. August 29, 2014 A few years ago, I wrote about white people and their love of “awareness” on my blog Stuff White People Like. The post talked about how white people loved awareness because it [...]
Phobias are lethal. This summer’s series of prominent killings of unarmed Black men, Michael Brown being the most covered, have forced me to come to terms with my own fear: I am an arachnophobe. A few nights ago, I noticed a dark spot in my [...]
Chicago’s ‘murder capital’ rep stretches the truth. By Salim Muwakkil | Originally Published at In These Times. August 28, 2014 | During a memorial service on July 20 in Chicago, Audry Miller mourns granddaughter Shamiya Adams, 11, who was killed by a stray bullet. (Photo by Scott [...]
