Open Your Eyes, White People
(Image Courtesy of The New Yorker) I am white. I am socioeconomically privileged. I live in a safe community and don’t worry about my...
Being Wanda Cooper: Mother's Day Reflections from One Black Mother to Another
An essay from guest blogger Wanda Cooper, MA More than few people have commented that I share the same name with Ahmaud Arbery’s mom. My...
A Letter to My (Now Former) Friend
I wait in dread for our encounter. I dread the signs on front lawns, the red hats, and the election division that will come this fall.
Courage, Humility, and Institutional Trauma: Witnessing Marie Yovanovitch
On November 15, 2019, many of us watched Marie Yovanovitch as she provided testimony to the Intelligence Committee in the U.S. House of...
Examining White Privilege: What is the Fear?
Dickinson student Leda Fisher asks the question “Should White Boys Still be Allowed to Talk?” in her opinion piece in the college's daily...
Radical Empathy
The danger of blogging is that it’s thoughts about a moment in time, an experience, a topic. And current events have the particular...
Welcome
Hello, and welcome to my blog! This blog is a new venture for me. I typically don't begin new things not knowing where it will lead, but...
