Holding Our Rage Is Your Political Labor
A white, liberal family member of mine was shocked to learn I despise people referring to the US as “a nation of immigrants.” While discussing the laundry list of current […]
Category Archives: Ethnic Studies
Not All Spell Is Ritual
walk the house at night and the warped floor creaks testimony underfoot a phantom whispered out in the morning cold waiting to get to work or for work to come a […]
Because You Also Survived
I kiss your chest the dead press back against my lips some are yours some are mine their names escape me one raised white babies one killed babies like us and […]
Our Dreams for Bresha Meadows Begin with Freedom
This piece was cowritten with Kelly Hayes of Transformative Spaces. Bresha Meadows was just 14 years old when she shot her father, Jonathan Meadows, as he slept in the family’s […]
Tips for Joining the Movement
Thousands of protesters—many of them youth, students, workers—have taken to the streets since the election of Donald Trump, rejecting the instating of a president who ran on a blatantly racist, […]
White Nationalism Lives and All White People Need to Own It
Last Sunday afternoon, Joshua Beal was fatally shot by an off-duty sergeant with the Chicago Police Department in the South Side neighborhood of Mt. Greenwood. He was visiting from Indianapolis for the […]
Light-Skinned Reflections: Related Thoughts on Colorism
The first time I ran from the cops I was eighteen. I was visiting New York on my own, staying with friends in the Bronx. While walking back toward the […]
