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Living in a Racist “Liberal” City
Photo Courtesy my partner Matt: Hank + Tank Photography Back in 2000, I moved to rural Louisiana to teach in a school district that was struggling to recruit teachers. On one of my first days there, I went to get my hair cut on the main street.
As I sat in the chair, I started gushing about how excited I was to be in Franklin, Louisiana. The white hair stylist said, “Yeah, Franklin used to be a good town until all the Black people moved in.”
Having lived in more progressive cities growing up, I was shocked by her blatant display of bigotry and racism, and I was horrified that … Read More
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The Most Destructive Pattern of Behavior of Our Time
This quote/concept by Dhakshy Sooriyakumaran hits right in the gut and is such a powerful lens through which I need to analyze my actions and choices.I strive to learn as much as I can about race, gender, class, and oppression, and yet it’s much, much harder to then translate those ideas into giving up space, power, platform, reputation, or position.We are urgently working to bring more diverse voices around the table within our organization, which I think is at least a step in the right direction toward addressing this pattern. -
Our Children Are Watching
“Our kids are going to ask us, ‘When you had the chance to do something in 2018 when they were talking about walls and Muslim bans and the press is the enemy of the people, what did you guys do?’ And we’re going to tell them that we and the 28 million of Texas helped this country get back on track and in the right direction.” -Beto O’Rourke
It feels so, so good to have concrete actions within my control to help undo the madness Trump has caused to descend upon our country. The Beto campaign makes it really easy to volunteer. This past Friday we hosted a debate watch… Read More
