Centering whiteness is one of those things that can happen so fast in a conversation that by the time everyone realizes it, the whole room has already been hijacked. One minute, people are talking about harm. The next minute, they are managing white feelings. One minute, the conversation is about what happened to Black people,…
White supremacy culture is sneaky because too many people only know how to recognize it when it is wearing a hood, carrying a flag, yelling a slur, or standing in the middle of some obvious hate rally acting like history did not already embarrass them enough. But white supremacy culture is not just the loud,…
There are some stories that make you stop and ask one very simple question: why did we need a vote for this in the first place? Chicago just moved to ban police officers with ties to extremist groups from serving in the Chicago Police Department, and yes, that is important. But let’s be honest. The…
