Would You Like to Come With Me? – Mar. 26, 2021
“All too often we think of community in terms of being with folks like ourselves: the same class, same race, same ethnicity, same social standing and the like. All of us evoke vague notions of community and compassion, yet how many of us went out to find an intimate other, to bring them with us […]
Practicing Community – Mar. 25, 2021
“To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination. A body of critical theory is now available that explains all the workings of white-supremacist thought and racism. But explanations alone do not bring us to the […]
Defining Alternative Standards – Mar. 24, 2021
“If the terms of success as defined by the standards of ruling groups within white-supremacist, capitalist patriarchy are the only standards that exist, then assimilation is indeed necessary. But they are not. Even in the face of powerful structures of domination, it remains possible for each of us, especially those of us who are members […]
The Oppressor Within – Mar. 23, 2021
“I understand that in many places of the world oppressed and oppressor share the same color. I understand that right here in this room, oppressed and oppressor share the same gender. Right now, as I speak, a man who is himself victimized, wounded, hurt by racism and class exploitation is actively dominating a woman in […]
