Tag: ally

An Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant with White Supremacy

Via Medium.  An Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant with White Supremacy By Nana Chinara CC: Gina Gibney, Gibney Dance When a Black femme confronts you for actively promoting and wielding white supremacy culture, you listen and course correct. Instead, I was met with a stay-in-your-place defensive response. White violence always begins with lack of … Read More

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White People, It’s Time To Prioritize Justice Over Civility

Via The Establishment.  White People, It’s Time To Prioritize Justice Over Civility WRITTEN BY TAURIQ MOOSA In striving to be ‘civil,’ white moderates provide cover for deadly white supremacy. The Boston Globe recently ran — and subsequently deleted — a tweet that, with a straight face, asked: “Can white power groups get past old differences and build lasting relationships?” Welcome to our … Read More

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Accountability in a Time of Justice

Via Vivette Jeffries-Logan, Michelle Johnson, Tema Okun.  Accountability in a Time of Justice Vivette Jeffries-Logan, Michelle Johnson, Tema Okun If you have come to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine then let’s work together. Aboriginal Activist Sisters Accountability is a well-worn … Read More

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The Costs of Racism to White People

Via Paul Kivel.  The Costs of Racism to White People by P a u l K i v e l WE TEND TO THINK OF RACISM as a problem for people of color and something we should be concerned about for their sake. It is true that racism is devastating to them, and if we … Read More

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What is the Role for White People Working for Racial Justice in this Current Period?

Via Organization for Black Struggle and the Anti-Racist Collective.  What is the Role for White People Working for Racial Justice in this Current Period? Recently both cable news and twitter feeds got active after a group of white supremacists marched through the University of Virginia, Charlottesville campus under the banner “Unite the Right.” The horrific … Read More

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Talking points – Effective Strategies for Confronting Racism in Conversation

Via What’s UP?! Talking points – Effective Strategies for Confronting Racism in Conversation These strategies were generated from What’s UP?! Pgh Conversation Salons over the years. Thank you to all the participants, planners, facilitators and space providers!    Keep in mind the elements of the situation:  Timing – now or later? Can you come back … Read More

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