Writing
Three Words that White-Latinx/e Need to Say "No" To and Stop Gentrifying
Though it's unclear when we adopted the term "white-passing," white-Latine have nonetheless gentrified the concept. The word was meant to capture the experience of Black people, not bilingual white people who speak Spanish. As the brilliant scholar @gfx_prints once reminded her Instagram followers, “Speaking Spanish does not make you a person of color.” The history of "passing" has primarily focused on what was gained but ironically, white-Latine use it to demonstrate what is lost.
Dear White Women, You Can't "Smash the Patriarchy" and Perpetuate It Simultaneously
“Smash the Patriarchy," white feminists say, with clubs in hand as they swing from the rafters within the boundaries of our patriarchal system. Their outspoken cries of so-called “freedom” from the patriarchy refuse to be heard by anti-racist feminists, though. White feminist screams fall on deaf ears not because people aren't interested but because they become muffled by the oppressive octave of white supremacy, capitalism, and the replication of the thing white feminists fight against, patriarchy.
Why “White-Passing” Latinos Need to Stop Distancing Ourselves from Anglo-Whites
“But they have ‘othered’ me” and “they have discriminated against me” are two of a long list of narratives that “white-passing” Latinos use to remain in racial limbo. “How can I have white privilege when I’ve experienced their racism?” is another narrative we unearth from our tumultuous garden of internal racial chaos.
Three Things White People Can Learn from the “Karens” of the World
To many people, Karen videos are (literally) hysterical. They serve as comical reminders of how ridiculously entertaining white people, and white women, in particular, can be. From the self-serving entitlement that exudes from their pores to the suffocating breath of audacity they wield, Karens are some of the most irrationally bold people there are.
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison