“I’m so tired of white people.” Photo by ostudio on Unsplash Another white person said this to me recently. I've said versions of it too. But every time I hear it, I hesitate. Something about this way of thinking doesn't sit right with me. I think I understand what could be underneath it. Exhaustion. Confusion. Anger. Fear. A desire to name real harm. But something important can happen when we stop talking about whiteness as the problem and start talking about people as the problem. Something...

Let's start with what just happened. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash On April 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice — under the Trump administration — filed an 11-count criminal indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Wire fraud. Bank fraud. Money laundering. The charges focus on a now-defunct program the SPLC used to place paid informants inside white supremacist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations — groups that have historically threatened, bombed,...

Does This Photo Make You Feel Nostalgic? Screenshot of U.S. Dept. of ED post taken by the author. An old looking photograph . A classroom full of children standing at their desks, hands over their hearts, facing the American flag. All white children. A classroom that looked like it was lifted straight from 1959 — because it was. And across it, in bold white letters: “Make Education Great Again.” This was an official post from the U.S. Department of Education. I wasn't surprised. I mean, I’d...