I’ve never been asked this question — though it would’ve made sense back when I actually was a nanny. Photo by Art Institute of Chicago ...

Lately, I can’t help but notice how much fear is in the air. It shows up in the news, in politics, in church pews, even around our...

I grew up in a white evangelical church in the U.S. — the kind where everything we believed, everything we practiced, even the way we...

The words cut through the air — clear, certain. A black person was speaking, their gaze fixed on my mixed-race children, then shifting to...

I used to feel it in my chest—a tightness, a hesitation—whenever race came up in a meeting or conversation. Photo by Jon Tyson on...

Ok, “all” the ways is a stretch. But I do want to talk about some of the ways I’ve seen whiteness show up in my own life, identity, and story—and in the lives of other white folks I’ve walked alongside. Photo by Author taken on 11/30/24. For me, race impacting white folks starts with curiosity— What evidence do white people have that our lives aren’t touched by race? Can we let go of the dream that it doesn’t? Because when I look around, I don’t see neutrality for us. I see

The scene from the 2014 movie Ride Along, where Kevin Hart delivers this line, often pops into my head. It’s one of my favorite...

June 12th is Loving Day in the U.S. Photo by Aung Soe Min on Unsplash Maybe you’ve heard of it. Maybe you haven’t. Either way, it...

Okay, maybe not all white people have said it. And sure, maybe some of us have only said it to ourselves. Photo by Marija Zaric on...