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A 12-Step Approach to Anti-Racism for White People

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash Shawshank Redemption beckons us; the Big Book gives us a path “And if you’ve come this far, maybe you’re willing to come a little further.” That one line Andy writes to Red at the end of Shawshank has a lot of resonance for me, right now, as a white person. […]

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Wanna Be a Good Ally? It Has Nothing And Everything To Do With You

Photo by Cristi Tohatan on Unsplash Allies have had some bad press. More than five years ago, Black Girl Dangerous Mia McKenzie wrote that she was over the term ally, ‘the constant cookie-seeking of people who just can’t do the right thing unless they are sure they’re gonna get some kind of credit for it.’ I […]