Taken from the Frederick Douglass speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Happy Independence Day.
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Taken from the Frederick Douglass speech What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? Happy Independence Day.
The push for re-segregation continues.
Draft 1 of my dissertation is almost complete!!! Just formatting before I send it to my committee chair!
The time to model the legacy of Dr. King for future generations is now. Be prepared to break unjust laws. It is our moral duty.
I’m in Athens Georgia this weekend for a social justice in art education conference. Need this now. Art, ideas, collaboration, move through difficult emotions. Grateful to engage with others doing this work.
The guilt can’t survive in these spaces of healing. These are spaces where truths are shared and vulnerabilities accepted.
More on the word guilt and whiteness as I work through the profound fears white people have around GUILT. Guilt shuts us down. Ask instead what the guilt wants you to see.
I have been called racist. After flat out denying or deflecting the what and why, I realized I survived that being called racist didn’t end my world. By then enough space opened up for compassion for me to see different perspectives. Then I learn and grow. That is the goal: learn and grow. That’s it
White guilt: A white person’s biggest fear. (I’m white, btw). The horror of being asked to examine the past through a critical lens, to connect the past to the present, and to acknowledge complicity is too much, so we shut it down. You want me to feel guilt for something that happened long ago?! TBC
I’m here to jumpstart my future as a writer. Lately I have been reflecting on the legacies of silence, shame, and guilt. These experiences, emotional hand-me-downs from my parents, have shaped my identity, but they have also shaped the American identity. Stay tuned as I unpack these thoughts.
Hi, friend! I just joined, following your example of ditching Zuck
