We don't like to hear that we have racial prejudices. It doesn't sit well with us because we equate them with being bad people. Racists are the stereotypical people who…
Month: April 2021
My COVID Chronicles: Food Fear, Fortune, and Paying It Forward
I am a very fortunate woman in that throughout this entire pandemic, I have not gone hungry. But there still has been an underlying fear of going hungry that does…
Reflecting on White Fragility: What do you mean I’m racist?
Reading the introductions, et al, to White Fragility brought up in my mind a particular incident I had in the early summer of 2020. It had been hot and dry,…
My COVID Chronicles: 20 Weeks and the Second Shot
This past weekend marked 20 weeks since I first showed symptoms of COVID. And what a long 20 weeks it has been. That translates to half a pregnancy. Only the…
Reflections on White Fragility: Examples of White Privilege
Especially starting in the spring of 2020, we started talking more about white privilege. I started to hear time and time again from people that it simply did not exist.…
Where were you when you found out Kurt Cobain died?
“Where were you when you found out that Kurt Cobain died?” That’s the question that most of GenXers still ask each other, even 27 years later. Yes, today marks 27…