If I call Black people survivors am I stereotyping, othering them? Here is how to catch nuance in the tricky world of discussing race.
Category: Relating across races
No one today believes in people owning people, but our forefathers did. We ended that bondage through a civil war between our better principles and…
On June 19 I was cruising down a ramp onto I-88 when in front of me burst a roaring display of fireworks over Rosemont’s skyline.…
Here’s the problem. An ordinary White person happens to sit beside an ordinary Black person in a public space. The White person notices the two…
“I’ve lived in Aurora all my life, and I never knew all that was going on.” My old friend Ruth cornered me to say how…
Time to change the racial narrative. The Black story is about overcomers, not victims.
The White version of Black suffering remains stuck in victim-thoughts. When we hear stories of people made to suffer, we identify with their pain and…
Nancy taught me her term, thought virus, when she described the unique groove of her childhood. She grew up under two opposing influences.
A bold declaration of community connection that hits home.