The Power of Aretha Franklin’s Think
When my daughter Leni was born, like all new babies–in between sleeping, breastfeeding, quiet awake time, and diaper changes–she cried. As a new parent, you do that thing where you try to figure out...
View ArticleWhat Whiteness Does, And Doesn’t Do, Or, Some Things I Learned During The...
I wish I was an “in the moment” blogger. The kind that writes about a newsworthy event right after it happens and posts it within the same twenty-four hours. But I’m not. I seem to take my time these...
View ArticleOn Being Jewish, On Being A Part Of The Tree Of Life
“Mom, some boy called me a kite today!” I told my mother, after walking home from school in third grade. I didn’t understand why he called me that word, but I knew it had to be something mean, because...
View ArticleHype Man: A Break Beat Play, At The Wilbury Theatre: Timely,Urgent, So Worth...
I knew I wanted to see Hype Man: A Break Beat Play as soon as I heard about its November run at The Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence. And after seeing the play, I knew I had to write about Hype...
View Article2018 Year In Review: What I Wrote, What I Learned, What’s Next
At the end of each year, I look back at my writings here to remember, and reflect on what was going on in the world around me in regards to race, about what I’ve learned, and hopefully, how I’ve grown....
View Article2018 Year-In-Review. What I Wrote. What I Learned. What’s Next.
Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson At the end of each year, I look back at my writings here to remember, and reflect on what was going on in the world around me in regards to race, about what I’ve...
View ArticleThe Problem With White People Time
Tish and Fonny, If Beale Street Could Talk (photo credit: The Atlantic) We’ve heard it, right? People from various cultural groups talking about being on “black people’s time” or “Spanish people’s...
View ArticleMy First Letter To The Editor Published: And Its Barrington Clapback
photo: Joe Wilson, Jr. as Ulysses, and Cloteal L. Horne as Circe, in “black odyssey” at Trinity Repertory Company, Jan. 3 – Feb. 3, 2019 (photo credit: Mark Turek) On January 23rd, 2019, I got my first...
View ArticleWhy I Can’t Watch The Michael Jackson Documentary. At least, not yet.
me, a couple of years ago in the MJ tee a good friend sent me right after Michael’s passing. What do you do when your first love dies three times? I can’t even. How do I even begin to write about all...
View ArticleFinding Inspiration in Nipsey Hussle’s Beautiful Being
Ermias Joseph Asghedom, known as artist, Nipsey Hussle(Photo credit: staplecenter.com) As a writer, and creator, I find inspiration in so much that is around me. In people watching, in nature, in the...
View ArticleIf It’s Not What We Say About Race, It Must Be What We Do
I haven’t written here in a few months. It’s not that there isn’t anything to write about. Believe me, thoughts about race, racism, whiteness, and what is going on in this country, and what I can do...
View ArticleWhen White Fragility Comes Knocking
daughter, Leni, and me My daughter Leni is in her second year in college. Snce she’s been ten years old, she’s wanted to become a dentist, and that is the path she is on with her studies. But even...
View Article2019 WJSS Year-In-Review
March 4 Racial Justice, organized by local activist, Ria, India Point Park, Providence RI October 2017It all still matters! Keep on working white girls! I wrote here a lot less than I have in previous...
View ArticleTell Me The Truth: Exploring The Heart of Cross-Racial Conversations with...
Presenters: Shay Stewart-Bouley and Debby Irving Last Sunday, I attended Tell Me the Truth: Exploring The Heart of Cross-Racial Conversations at the Glastonbury MLK Community Initiative Center in...
View ArticleLet Us Not Forget Racism In The Time Of Covid-19
How are you all doing? I know I’ve gone quiet here. I got overwhelmed by what is going on in my world, in all the world. We are all overwhelmed, aren’t we? Or, if you’re not, perhaps we can Zoom, and...
View ArticleConspiracy Theories, Freedom, Mirrors: What Reality Are We Running From?
A couple of years ago I was dating a man. A man who, in the dating world, would be considered “good on paper.” An engineer with a good job, healthy, kind, intelligent. He lived in a beautiful...
View ArticleYouth-Led Protest, Avoiding Falling Into The (Donut) Hole of Trying To...
Artist, Nafis White, in front of her mural piece on performance of care and need of sustained action @nafis_white. Breonna Taylor mural by Kendel Joseph @lucidtraveler_art On Friday, June 5th,...
View ArticleSome Of Us White People
Protest following death of George Floyd, Providence, RI, June 5, 2020 It’s been a little over three weeks since the local protests took place here in Providence, and all over the world, in the wake of...
View ArticleHow To Hang In There: Today, Baratunde Thurston’s Podcast, How To Citizen,...
Baratunde Thurston, How To Citizen Everyone has probably heard the phrase, “we all have our cross to bear.” Even as a Jewish woman, I of course, get it. We all have our burdens in this life–our own,...
View ArticleFighting Racism Got You Down? Don’t Make Those Brunch Reservations Just Yet
Breonna Taylor illustration by Robin Hilkey How are you all doing? It’s been 18 weeks since the killing of George Floyd, 1 week since the indictment for the bullets that hit Breonna Taylor’s neighbor’s...
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