Erik Deckers

Views on racial equity, allyship, and inclusion by Our Human Family

Erik Deckers is a professional writer and co-author of four social media books. He published his first humor novel, Mackinac Island Nation, in 2019 and has been a newspaper humor columnist since 1994.

Erik Deckers — 08 July 2021 ∙ 5 minutes read

It’s Not About You. It Was Never About You.

The right way for white people to pay homage in Black spaces ...

Erik Deckers — 30 April 2021 ∙ 4 minutes read

#NotAllWhitePeople Doesn’t Help

As a fellow white person, let me extend congratulations for not using racial epithets ...

Erik Deckers — 08 November 2020 ∙ 2 minutes read

What You Loved Was the Cruelty

What you loved was the cruelty. The meanness, the spite, the ability to say whatever you wanted, to hurt anyone you wanted ...

Erik Deckers — 23 November 2019 ∙ 4 minutes read

The Flawed Psychology of the Middle-Aged Conservative White Man

Immigration, marriage equality, People of Color, and women stepping into positions of power and prominence is freaking middle-aged conservative white men out ...