Via Medium.  White Allies: Your Anger Belongs in the Streets, Not at Home A five-step process for persuading white friends and family with compassion, not contempt. By Dr. David Campt Calling people racist won’t change hearts and minds, but conversations about racism can. If you want to make a difference, persuade your white peers with … Read More

Via the New York Times.  Everyone’s an Antiracist. Now What? Recognizing that Black people deserve dignity isn’t progress. By Erin Aubry Kaplan Contributing Opinion Writer The new unbridled enthusiasm for the cause of Black lives reminds me of the Dr. Seuss fable “Horton Hears a Who.” A kindly elephant named Horton becomes aware of a whole … Read More

Via Rewire.  Smashing the Status Quo of Classical Music A conversation with radio host and musician Garrett McQueen of the ‘Trilloquy’ podcast by James Napoli When Garrett McQueen, a 33-year-old native of Memphis, Tennessee, first moved to Minnesota for a job as a national host and producer at the country’s largest classical music service, he found himself spending long … Read More

Via Google Books.  When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America Ira Katznelson W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 – History – 238 pages A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action. When Affirmative Action Was White demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair … Read More

Via Amazon.  This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga by Cherríe Moraga (Author, Editor), Gloria Anzaldúa (Editor) Editorial Reviews Review “These essays and poems do more than just revisit the hopes, fears, frustrations, and accomplishments of women of color circa 1981; they also shed light on concerns women continue to face today … Read More

Via Zora Neale Hurston. Their Eyes Were Watching God By. Zora Neale Hurston The epic tale of Janie Crawford, whose quest for identity takes her on a journey during which she learns what love is, experiences life’s joys and sorrows, and come home to herself in peace. Her passionate story prompted Alice Walker to say, … Read More