Tag: White People Homework
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We Don’t Need “Allies” We Need Partners in this Fight
Hello Meltingpot Community, I have a pet peeve I want to share with you. And like my last pet peeve regarding the uppercase B when referring to Black people, this peeve also revolves around language. Can we please stop using the word ally to refer to non-Black people who want to join the fight for…
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White America, Master Your Mindset, So We Can All Be Free!
(Yesterday, I gave a sermon at a Unitarian Universalist Church imploring white Americans to master their mindset. What follows is a version of what I said.) Hello Meltingpot Community, For the past 20 years I’ve been using my words to celebrate diversity and undo racism. I’ve been doing this work quietly without really thinking about…