Tag: talking about race

Something To Talk About

.Reading time 2 minutes.

We often say that a picture is worth one thousand words.  Well, why is that we have so few in our vocabulary when it comes to race? So few images of cultures different from our own, so few ways of seeing each other outside of race and its stereotypes?  Sadly, we really do believe that […]

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What Race Doesn’t Know

.Reading time 4 minutes.

“So, what are you?” This is one of the most absurd and honestly, useless questions that I have ever heard asked while in conversation. The person posing the question has looked at you and is unable to determine your “race” based on your physical characteristics and subsequently, your economic class and social worth. In a matter […]

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Think About These Things

.Reading time 3 minutes.

Conversations about race are almost always done in secret, open for public discussion only when it involves a celebrity or a politician. Old myths rear their heads, our unspoken rules are repeated to members in our cultural group, stories of offense involving race are exchanged and we say, “This is why things are the way […]

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