Dear White Woman
Reading Time: 5 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. By: Lisa M. Hayes Confluence Daily is your
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A Storm in a Teacup: White Women and the Tipping Point of Democracy
Reading Time: 4 minutes For years on end, Black and brown folks have risked their lives for freedoms that others sip casually with their morning lattes. Now it’s high time the white folks, who can protest without the fear of catching a bullet, roll up their sleeves and get busy.
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The Tennessee State Legislature taught a real-time class in Critical Race Theory for all the world to see yesterday.
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Fascism is coming for all of us, and the ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO UNDERSTAND RACISM COMPROMISES THE FUTURE FOR EVERYONE.
Bad cops get away with murder in exactly the same way Kyle Rittenhouse did – and this is a very, very big deal.
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The court, led by a judge who was clearly sympathetic to Rittenhouse, handed the holy grail state of mind defense to white extremists whose sole purpose would be to impede free speech using deadly force.
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Toxic shame is bad, I agree, but shamelessness results in–45.
Reading Time: 4 minutes . I’ll say it again: we’re not all good, and we’re not all bad. No human, philosophy, group, country is all good. If I’m mostly good, should I try to be better? How does that happen if I make sure not to address what’s bad?
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The Root: Post-Traumatic Blackness Disorder – The Mental Toll of Surviving Racism
Reading Time: 7 minutes “About one in four Black Americans will experience an anxiety disorder at some point,” write Dr. Jessica R. Graham-LoPresti, Dr.Tahirah Abdullah, Dr. Lindsey M. West and Amber Calloway, four black female mental health researchers, who called the condition “racial battle fatigue”
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Dear Black Woman
Reading Time: 7 minutes Hello and thanks for reading this. I am interjecting myself into your life right now because many women like your co-worker that you asked to lead the focus group, diversity initiative, or any such thing, have reached out to me. You may not realize it.
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CNN: I covered the Rodney King and Freddie Gray riots. This moment feels different. That’s why I’m afraid.
Reading Time: 9 minutes What if I keep seeing a succession of unarmed black and brown people struck down on videos? What if one day it’s someone I know — or me?
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6 KEY THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ANTI-RACISM
Reading Time: 3 minutes As an educator and coach, I have dedicated my entire career to creating an inclusive space to support marginalized people. This includes dismantling systems that uphold the structures of racism.
My focus has always been on elevating underserved voices, creating tools for access, and (re)building inner wellness strategies that help people stay the course – no matter the obstacle.
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When You Have An Existential Crisis in the Voting Line
Reading Time: 3 minutes To know that others do not have those same opportunities and to be afraid to take a stand for them, to risk speaking up in their defense, in case I say something wrong???
That is cowardice.
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