RACISM | DIVERSITY

Upping the Ante on Anti-Racism

Four stories on racism in America

Photo by Guillaume Issaly on Unsplash

If you’ve been Black all your life, as I have, you know that racism isn’t going away anytime soon. If you’re a white anti-racist, you may know this too, or you’re catching on fast. Every day, we all have a choice about whether we’re working against racism or overtly or tacitly supporting it. And if you live in America, that stark choice is facing you in November.

America, Your Anti-Racism Test is Coming

I don’t live in America (and believe me, there are days I’m pretty glad about that), but my sister, daughter and other relatives do. That’s just one of the reasons why I care about what happens to BIPOC people there. (The other, of course, is our shared heritage of enslavement and discrimination). So I was interested to read this piece from Marley K.: Dear White People, Your Second Test Is Here.

Dear White People, Your Second Test Is Here

In it the author sets out the stark choice that US voters face, between humanity and white supremacy. As Marley K. points…