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Click the image to be taken to the full Instagram post. Thanksgiving is this week, and since there’s no indication that we’ve all become enlightened since last year, it’s probably time to talk about how to navigate those awkward political conversations with your relatives. Here’s my quick guide to how to get along with your …
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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, …
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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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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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 …
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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Click on the image to be taken to the full Instagram post I've been wondering about the true spiritual lessons we are meant to learn from the present sociopolitical context we're living in regarding COVID and vaccines. Here are a few thoughts. Two major concepts from spirituality that carry a lot of meaning for me …
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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