Guest Editorial: Black Lives Don't Matter in Portland
So my new opinion piece for the Portland Mercury is live. You can check it out here. So...yeah. I expect an interesting discourse across social media.
Read MoreThe (Self-Proclaimed) World's Greatest Comic Drawin' HR Professional
So my new opinion piece for the Portland Mercury is live. You can check it out here. So...yeah. I expect an interesting discourse across social media.
Read MoreSome thoughts on the recent litany of online attacks directed at Black women and Black femmes who openly talk about white supremacy and anti-Blackness by white cis men, white cis women, and Black cis men. It’s time for white accomplices and other Black cis men to step in and check their fellow white people and Black cis men accordingly. This ain’t about being a savior - this is about being an anti-racist and anti-hate based human being.
Some thoughts on one of my former employers, Reed College, and how performative allyship and corporate PR statements are just another branch on the poplar tree of white supremacy. Real talk? I thought about not sharing this. But I slept on it and realized it needed to be shared and said.
Some thoughts on "white fatigue" and "privileged people fatigue" when it comes to speaking up for and defending the murder and harming of Black bodies as the protests for Black lives slowly fall out of the mainstream public eye.
Some thoughts on white supremacy, the harming and deletion of Black bodies prior to and during the pandemic, the latest white apology tour many white folx seem to be on (at least if my DMs and email inbox are any indication), and the lack of care for non-white folx that’s built into whiteness showing Black bodies how little we truly matter to the majority of white folx. #beyondtired #preserveblackbodies