Writing
White People, Don’t Be Afraid To Do The ‘Antiracist Stumble’
If there was a book titled "How Not to Do Antiracism," I swear my face would be on the cover page. Still, part of the reason my antiracist journey has been transformative and continually deepening is that I've made several mistakes. I've stumbled and face-planted along the way; heck, I've even created an antiracist alias! Through it all, though, I recognize that being in this work for the long haul means striving for sustained antiracist commitment and not perfection.
White People, We Need to Implicate Ourselves in Racism Directly.
White people (of all ethnicities), it's time to be honest; it's been time. It’s time to stop playing games; It's time to address our internalized anti-Black sentiment, and it's time to start implicating ourselves in racism.
My Journey “Into” Whiteness as a “Latinx” Man
I've never thought of myself as white: I thought of myself as only Mexican. A Mexican with a cinnamon complexion that could make Mexican singer, Thalia, belt out, "Eres piel morena. Canto de pasión y arena!" Translation: “You are brown skin. A song of passion and sand.”
Why ‘White-Passing’ Is White Supremacy
‘White-passing’ serves as a fluid identity in which a person is either running from or running towards whiteness. As pointed out by educator Dash A. Harris, you’ll never hear someone say they are ‘Black-passing.’ Well, perhaps Rachel Dolezal but I digress. It’s time to pass on white-passing and rid ourselves of this vague identifier; it causes psychological harm to ourselves, more minoritized identities (Black and Indigenous) and it is inherently anti-Black.
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison