I hear you ask this question a lot. Often, when I take the time and energy to answer it, you’re another white person and our context is...

Now, please trust that I’m doing my best. Please also recognize that doing my best at teaching my children about race and racism, looks...

With other white people, I keep finding, it’s really hard. I had an epic discussion with another white person over the weekend. This...

What is whiteness? Honestly, it’s hard to pin down. For most of my life as a white person in the U.S., the goal was to not even notice...

Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash I came across this idea at some point while training to be a therapist. It’s the notion that what is...

In all honesty, I’m still figuring it out. The story I have of my first memory of race happened when I was 4 years old. It was Easter and...

“Mommy, your skin is white and you are good to us… and other white people love us too…” Image of the author’s young daughter She looks at...

It’s a real question. And I don’t ask it lightly. Image by Martino Pietropoli on Unsplash When I look back on my life, I realize that...

Picture of the author and her brother "I just don’t understand why it’s a big deal. Why does taking the picture or the name off of a bottle matter?” He asked. My brother and I were talking about a syrup bottle. One that we had seen at a family gathering the day before. “Because of hundreds of years of slavery…” I immediately answer. Slow down, I tell myself even as the next word comes out of my mouth louder and more forceful than I intended… “Because generations of black and