Wow... thank you for articulating this - I have always felt a rush of complicated emotions and you have created much clarity by your analysis. - Aza Y. Alam

… distance from Blackness. We rarely acknowledge how deeply racist and connected these impulses are. This racism is dangerous to other groups who are perceived as less White. It perpetuates the forcing of all non-White people into a racioethnic hierarchy that is highly toxic and deeply problematic. We know how troublesome this is, but by now we also know the pressures and oppressions that make min…
The Problem, and Possibility, in Asking People of Color ‘Where Are You From?’
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Exploring the entanglements of gender, race and class during this era of the Eurokleptocene. Let’s do better, one story, one learning, one comment at a time.
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