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How I Talk to White People About Racism (Version 2.0)

How I Talk to White People About Racism (Version 2.0)

It’s not so much that I, as a Black man, am chomping at the bit to talk about racism with white people, but if asked about it, I am eager…
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Cancel Culture: The Cancel Can’t Happen Fast Enough When Bigotry is Involved

Cancel Culture: The Cancel Can’t Happen Fast Enough When Bigotry is Involved

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My Hatred: What Lies Beneath

My Hatred: What Lies Beneath

I hate. A lot. Yes, the guy who ends his essays with Christ’s second command to “love one another,” hates. There, I said it.
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Are You Ready for Some Football? First, Three Words from Our Sponsor: Just Do It.

Are You Ready for Some Football? First, Three Words from Our Sponsor: Just Do It.

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Aretha Franklin Celebrated Her Blackness and Inspired America to Do the Same

Aretha Franklin Celebrated Her Blackness and Inspired America to Do the Same

And inspired America to do the same
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Conversations: On Getting What You Wish For

Conversations: On Getting What You Wish For

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The Two Steps to Getting Someone on the Anti-Racism Express

The Two Steps to Getting Someone on the Anti-Racism Express

A popular question going around lately is: How do I get my cis-het white male friend to acknowledge that racial inequities exist and that…
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Bonfire of the Proprieties

Bonfire of the Proprieties

Winning friends and influencing people in 2018
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What’s a ‘Normal’ Guy to Do With All These Marginalized Groups?

What’s a ‘Normal’ Guy to Do With All These Marginalized Groups?

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A Lynching in Central Florida
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A Lynching in Central Florida

And more unthinkable news
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When Talking About Racism

When Talking About Racism

You’re Not Required to Change Anyone’s Mind
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Seeing the Forest in the Tree

Seeing the Forest in the Tree

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If You Think This Is About the Flag

If You Think This Is About the Flag

You’re Entirely Missing the Point
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It’s Not Them. It’s You.

It’s Not Them. It’s You.

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The “Official” Crib Notes to Better Understanding the Minority Experience

The “Official” Crib Notes to Better Understanding the Minority Experience

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How Come Nobody Can Let the Past Go

How Come Nobody Can Let the Past Go

And Learn to Love and Respect Each Other?
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You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can’t “Make” It Stop Being a Racist

You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can’t “Make” It Stop Being a Racist

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Educational Parity for Black and Brown Kids

Educational Parity for Black and Brown Kids

Wanna See That Happen? You’ve Got to Be in It to Win It
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Liberty and Justice for All: The Battle Continues

Liberty and Justice for All: The Battle Continues

Will America overthrow classism, misogyny, homophobia, racism, homegrown terrorism, et al, and realize that its strength is in it…
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The Real Reason You Can’t Understand Why Black Americans Are Furious

The Real Reason You Can’t Understand Why Black Americans Are Furious

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The Dreams of “My” Father

The Dreams of “My” Father

The Obama presidency, the embodiment of my father’s aspirations
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2017

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2017

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Never Give Up. Ever. Why Writing (and Talking) About Racism Matters

Never Give Up. Ever. Why Writing (and Talking) About Racism Matters

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Should White People Be Silent on All Things Black Lives Matter?

Should White People Be Silent on All Things Black Lives Matter?

Are you kidding me? Tell me people have no doubt about what to do.
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Inclusion > Diversity

Inclusion > Diversity

Before we can even begin to think about inclusion we have to talk about bias and exclusion.
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