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I just watched a heartwarming video from NowThis in which a trans woman tells the...
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The poor have always been and will always be with us. Some laws have always...
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It's been a while since my last post, mostly because each time I sit down...
April 2018
April 18, 2018
White Privilege is Getting Freebies for Loitering at Starbucks
The past week has not been great for Starbucks. Last Thursday, two black men were...
March 2018
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The Lynching of Stephon Clark and Jesus Christ
Most of us white people cannot even imagine what a body decimated by 20 bullet...
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White Supremacy is a White Construction for Modern White Abolitionists to Destroy
It's been a while. Much has transpired and sparked conversation about white terrorism, white supremacy,...
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God, We Love Our Guns
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I Am the Welfare Queen Your President Condemns
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God Is Love And Will Torture You Forever
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