Views on racial equity, allyship, and inclusion by Our Human Family
Hope Amidst Hopelessness
James Baldwin was under no illusion about America. He saw the good and the evil. The answer doesn’t lie in fixing Black people. Baldwin knew this when he told his nephew, “We cannot be free until they are free." ...
Juneteenth: A Reason for Celebration or Reparations?
Instead of celebrating Juneteenth, we should be talking about how to make things right in Texas and every state for American descendants of slavery ...
The Right to Vote in America
For much of American history, voting has been a life and death proposition for Black people. Let’s revisit some of that history lest we forget what it took to get where we are and why we’re still fighting for the right to vote ...
The Return of Jim Crow
There are two primary areas where Jim Crow's spirit has cropped back up . . . voter suppression and the filibuster in the US Senate ...
When You’ve Been White Too Long
White too long is the inability to recognize that the system is rigged and their leaders, past and present, are the ones who rigged it ...
Why Can’t We Acknowledge Systemic Racism?
This article is about those who don’t acknowledge systemic racism—those who may admit that America had a racist past but believe that racism ended long ago ...