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Speaking Our Truths: White Guilt
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. Before I go any further I want to preface this piece by saying that this is an attempt to speak on subject that is notoriously complex and delicate. The creation of this blog originated from the legacy of truth speaking. When we speak our truth not only does it put us in a vulnerable position, but also holds us accountable to others and ourselves. When I say we. Not only ...
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Speaking Our Truths: An introduction
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Friday, August 14, 2009. Four years at Williams College gave me a critical analysis of my experiences as a young, queer, Black woman in America; my writing often taking a dark tone to reflect this understanding. Now, as a published poet, community organizer and MSW candidate, I am learning every day new ways to cope, new ways to learn and teach and new ways to speak. I hope ultimately to have ...
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Speaking Our Truths: August 2009
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. White Guilt; a continuation of dialogue and in response. Thanks for returning. So I felt the need to instead of responding individually to comments to use the forum of the blog to speak on what arose. Hope you did not think that I forgot about ya’ll! And who did I write my last piece for specifically Whites, Blacks, everyone or all of the above? Yea, me too! That class wa...
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Speaking Our Truths: November 2008
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Monday, November 24, 2008. The Struggle Continues: The State of Black and Brown Women with an Unprecendented Past. After reading a few essays in Giddings text, When and Where I Enter. Are recognized by both groups) amongst many others. Although we have transcended the issue of getting the right to vote, legally. Where is the aid, relief, and support for the Black woman in her liberation struggle?
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Speaking Our Truths: October 2009
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Thursday, October 8, 2009. Why I support James Perry for Mayor of New Orleans. Dear Friends and Family,. I am forwarding an invitation to an event for this Saturday evening October 10. 2009 with Melissa Harris-Lacewell (who you all know I ADORE) and James Perry. I wanted to write to you briefly about why I support James Perry’s candidacy for Mayor of New Orleans. As a youth worker and pro-active c...
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Speaking Our Truths: Thoughts on Caster Semenya
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Monday, August 24, 2009. Thoughts on Caster Semenya. First of all, “gender test”? Aside from the obvious sexism and absurd assumptions of sex dichotomy (see “Caster Semenya: The Idiocy of Sex Testing”) weaving throughout this story as well as the fact that it brings up the discrimination that intersex and gender variant people face daily, is the racism underlying it all. Did Semeny...My mind raced...
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Speaking Our Truths: February 2009
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Redefining the Politics of the Body. So I am in a steady battle of coming in and out of the type of language and labeling I place onto my body and onto my struggle with this constant changing of my politics and sense of who I am within my struggle as a queer Black woman in this society. Changing from the idea that I am " trapped. As I've just begun putting together an...
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Speaking Our Truths: Why I support James Perry for Mayor of New Orleans
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Thursday, October 8, 2009. Why I support James Perry for Mayor of New Orleans. Dear Friends and Family,. I am forwarding an invitation to an event for this Saturday evening October 10. 2009 with Melissa Harris-Lacewell (who you all know I ADORE) and James Perry. I wanted to write to you briefly about why I support James Perry’s candidacy for Mayor of New Orleans. As a youth worker and pro-active c...
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Speaking Our Truths: Before Death/Grand daughter
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Friday, September 4, 2009. Here give me your hand.". She carefully cupped the top of my hand in her palm/tenderly placed my palm/over her/heart/it beat so strongly/it vibrated/through/each/crack.in my soul/. Baby Love." silence. My heart, your. Heart, is love." Her fingernails caught my hot tears. She delicately stroked my hair. As I wept in her shoulder. The crease in her neck caught my tears.
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Speaking Our Truths: December 2008
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This blog is a collaboration in solidarity of each others struggle. We are witnesses to each others silence. Monday, December 29, 2008. I have no words, only breath right now. I am breathing for those bodies at rest right now. I don't know what to do to change ignorance and hate because it seems so deeply embedded in the psyches of those who have power. Can we replace power with people? Life instead of death? Babies instead of corpses? I was born Jewish, born Palestinian. Where are our voices? How come o...
