Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. I’ve been away for a couple of weeks, and though I’m sure that I felt my absence more than anyone else, my guilt is giving rise to a little writer’s block as I sit down to compose this week’s post. My inner perfectionist, …
Therapy for white supremacy culture: sense of urgency
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. In recent months, I have been writing about various characteristics of white supremacy culture in order to help white folks understand what white supremacy culture is and how we are harmed by it. My hope in writing these posts is to motivate white …
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Therapy for white supremacy culture: Defensiveness and Denial
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. In recent weeks, I have been writing about various characteristics of white supremacy culture in order to help white folks understand what white supremacy culture is and how we are harmed by it. My hope in writing these posts is to motivate white …
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Therapy for white supremacy culture: Individualism
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. In recent weeks, I have been writing about various characteristics of white supremacy culture in order to help white folks understand what white supremacy culture is and how we are harmed by it. My hope in writing these posts is to motivate white …
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How to talk about white supremacy
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post Last week I wrote about the importance of practicing mindfulness when talking about white supremacy so that we don’t get caught up in good/bad thinking (a major characteristic of white supremacy culture) about the people we are talking to. This week I will …
Mindfulness and talking about white supremacy
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post In this post, I share my thoughts on how mindfulness can help us have more productive and connecting conversations about white supremacy. So, it finally happened. Two personal friends in the last month have indicated that they think I’ve been writing an awful …
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“Not racist” isn’t good enough (it isn’t even a thing)
Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post I'm taking a break from writing about the characteristics of white supremacy culture this week, and instead focusing on something a little lighter: white comic book fans saying that it's not racist to complain about Black actors being cast in traditionally white roles. …
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Therapy for white supremacy culture: Perfectionism
Click the image to be taken to the full Instagram post Last week I wrote about fear, the foundational characteristic of white supremacy culture, and how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help us overcome the ways that fear prevents us from acting on our values and living a meaningful life. This week I will …
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White supremacy & cultural therapy: change starts with you
Click the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. Last week, I wrote about four characteristics of white supremacy culture—fear, perfectionism, either/or thinking, and quantity over quality—and the need for cultural therapy. I believe it’s important to highlight (especially for white-identified people, or people who are skeptical about the relevance of white supremacy …
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Therapy, white supremacy culture, and you
Click the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. Can white supremacy be "cured" by therapy? In the 1970s, an attempt was made by a group of Black psychiatrists to classify extreme racism as a mental disorder. The American Psychiatric Association refused to do this, stating as its reason that extreme bigotry is …
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