Black People Have Every Right to Distrust You For Being Light Skinned
My dad is Black and from the US. My mom is Scottish-Irish. I came out very light skinned. For most of my early childhood I was universally read as white. […]
Category Archives: Liberalism
Apology to a Non-Black Partner
I’ve been writing this piece for a long time. I’ve been apprehensive about sharing it. I ultimately decided to because it contains things I’ve wanted to say, and that I feel deeply. […]
No Abolition Without Demilitarization: Black and Muslim Solidarity for Ending Policing Worldwide
On July 4th, 2015 Itemid “Angel” Al Matar was climbing an el train platform with a backpack full of food she’d just purchased. She was headed home to break her ramadan […]
Far From Over: 4 Lessons Non-Natives Can Learn from #NoDAPL
Many celebrated the decision of three government agencies this past Friday, in opposition to the ruling of a federal judge, that Dakota Access cease building the Bakken Pipeline until reviews […]
To Fight For Black Lives Is To Be Anti-Police
Since the murders of five police officers in Dallas, TX and three more in Baton Rouge, LA over the recent days, their has been renewed condemnation of the Black Lives […]
Black Kids Don’t Get to Wait to Talk About Police Violence–White Kids Shouldn’t Either
I’m presently between jobs, and am working the summer as a counselor at a music camp for elementary aged kids. It’s an expensive and elite program, and a majority of […]
The Wisdom of #ByeAnita: On Political Perfection and Radical Strategy
Earlier this month, Chicago’s state’s attorney Anita Alvarez was decisively voted out of office. Her key role—not merely in covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald, but in regularly defending […]
