tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175665902012-01-21T01:41:02.063-08:00Ending racism is important to me.Cindy Cummins, Rawprincess Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07809989029835338891noreply@blogger.comBlogger1811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17566590.post-15818676476347784832008-12-21T19:58:00.001-08:002009-07-04T18:17:44.786-07:00

do you need therapy?hat tip to jonathanmead

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The url for this site is in my former married name as well as the name given me by the Zendiks when I was a kid. This site was where I first found my voice and attempted to use my privilege to stop the targeting of human beings based on their skin tone. It gave me an outlet. I followed Nancy's advice to create a platform and become an expert in one's field and it kind of pissed some people off.

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A note I opened this morning..."I feel like I have grown so much since I have known you in part due to our committment to one another's re-emergence."Thank you to those who have encouraged me to keep going. In order to end racism and be there for each other, the listening-exchange and emotional work is key.I have decided, that of all the doors I have recently closed, the project between myself

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This blog is now officially closed and finding bloomspace elsewhere.

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Just a link to the Barack Obama blog I set up a while back. Maybe the reader would like to set up their own or to join the many groups around the US who have campaign activities at this time. The site is fairly easy to navigate and easy to post to.Keep the dream alive.

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Well, its a busy day at work and the kids and I rushed out of the housethis morning... Hoorah we were on time!I didn't have a showy Martin Luther King Jr Day--(and y'all know that's a good thing) but I did have visions of inspiration! Thanks in part to a blog post by minivercheevy.com linking back to Dr King's speech and some thoughts from that white guy. He says, Go read it right now. It will

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The 23rd Annual "Keep Alive The Dream" will be held today, Monday, January 21st, 2008, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 pm at Highland Center, 7600 NE Glisan. This year's events include a showcase of artistic displays, Dreamer Village and vendor bazaar. For more information please contact 503-813-9001.Broadcast live on KBOO from Highland Center.A Production of World Arts Foundation, Inc. A Non-Profit

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A happy start to a new year! Me and BF @ JFK airport.

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Every TV channel has these oh-so happy chefs showing us how to make turkey their way. Every magazine is chirping about short-cuts and solutions for the holidays ...Just in case things get real busy next week, I want to take a minute now--and each day really--to remember that this land belongs to Native Americans. And by living here I am actually benefitting from the genocide of Native Americans.I

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After two years of traveling ten times back and forth to Boulder Colorado from Portland, Oregon, I have received my certificate of completion of class hours from Colorado School of Energy Studies.While there I received feedback on how I impacted those around me which I took as vital to digest and learn from towards my passion for eliminating racism. The insights staff shared with me will also

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Hats off to Bad Girls of Portland for forwarding this press release:For Immediate Release: 9/24/07Contact: Ad-Hoc Committee Against Racism and Fascism, fight_them_back [at]riseup [dot] net, 971.285.4688 (voicemail)."Hammerskin Nation" Racists Will Meet with OppositionPeople from All Backgrounds Unite Against White Supremacist OrganizationsPortland, Oregon - The Hammerskin Nation, a neo-Nazi

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Thanks to Shoshana for this letter and links.Dear friends,Our emergency petition to stop the crackdown on peaceful protesters in Burma is exploding, with nearly 500,000 signers from every nation of the world. But the situation in Burma remains desperate, with reports of hundreds of monks being massacred and tortured. Burma's rulers have also killed and expelled international journalists, cutting

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Earlier in the week B.G. and I had been talking. I mentioned the term hippy. She said she is not hippy. That there are no more hippies. She thinks of herself as neo-primitive. I thought some people of color might not like a white woman calling herself that. But looking at B.G. and knowing her as I do, it did seem an apt description.She won't buy corporate products only things organic and

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"You'll Laugh! You'll Cry! You'll meet girls!"I went to see WonderBroads "The Babes and Broads Who Broke the Rules", written and composed by Melinda E Pittman (dig the electric guitar) and Directed by Carolyne Haycraft.When Lilith comes on stage, the whole world gets a little breathless. I mean, she is a big and powerful and beautiful and bold woman who commands the whole force field within a

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An anonymous reader tipped me that the officer who shot Emil Mann, Ramapough Mountain Indian, who was killed during his birthday celebration last April, is now doing time.A Bergen County grand jury indicted a New Jersey State Park Police officer yesterday on a charge of reckless manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a member of the Ramapough Mountain Indians last April that caused outrage among

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Yes, racism is a mind-fu*k psyche-out which infects the minds of folks in every group.White privilege is the soul rip-off which we participate in each day as white folks whether we like it or not, whether we can see it, admit to it or not. And the white have-nots among us have the privilege anyway, whether we're loaded or not.So, the task is not so much to end the mind-fu*k though that is

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A tea truck brought into New Columbia's McCoy Park over the summer by Leslie Esinga. City Repair brought the tea truck.Kitemaking ensued.

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I'm having some annoying trouble with this beta blogspot site.I can't get my links to copy into the html window. This has been a persistent problem which I see I've been having for months as evidenced by the number of draft posts sitting in my queue.It must be time to locate a new blog medium. I've been eploring vox and others and hope to soon land on a permanent home.Any suggestions?

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White folks have to allow themselves to be shattered by their racism- not my accusation of racism.--Julian JohnsonWhat are we doing?I'm serious, you tell me.I honestly don't know what's going on.Are we carrying on Martin Luther King, Jr's legacy? Is anyone besides folks of color concerned about racism?And are we concerned enough to skip dessert in order to see that the work is carried out?And

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } really!, originally uploaded by sealove954. I kid you not. I called off the divorce.A wise man and woman were called at the crack of dawn by my meddling sister. The concern is me. The next of concern are my children ages 6

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I have absolutely no concept on how to blog I really don't. And I'm completely clueless as to what topics people are interested in reading about about my life. I have a difficult time grasping that anyone reads this or that they do more than scan (as I often must, over others' entries).I'm a woman who has immersed herself in racism awareness and studying how to dismantle structures of racism both

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... describe your sorrows and desires, the thoughts that pass through your mind and your belief in some kind of beauty - describe all these with heartfelt, silent, humble sincerity and, when you express yourself, use the Things around you, the images from your dreams, and the objects that you remember. RilkeHow to end racism?One argues it's not so important to end it within myself as to end it

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Time for letting people know I love them and hanging out with family. I'm grateful for my young ones and those who I'm close to.Best wishes for this holiday season to you and yours and a happy new year.Via Miniver Cheevy I found this David Bowie, Bing Crosby piece. I think the question is peace possible? Is on all our minds these days.With Saturn going into Virgo in 2007, I think the people will

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Happy Chrismukkah--Kwanzaa ... Love you all.Those who know me, know I don't have time for blogging right now. So, curl up by the fire ...Here's a little bio I put together last year for my blog at culturekitchen.com and now--for your reading pleasure.

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Ending racism is sticky, I am finding. Sticky because some of it is still stuck to me (it's not me but it is stuck to me so far). Sticky because I get confused and blame other people for where I've not recovered my full power as a human. Sticky because there are people who don't like watching me become unstuck--and I let that bog me down. Sticky because it isn't ending overnight ... And sticky

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When I can't figure out why life is worth living and I surprise a brown person by saying hi, that is reason enough for me. If that's as good as it gets, it's still worth it. That's my heart. That's my truth. That's what grows corn.There's a lot of hopelessness and cynicism tied up inside many of us which has nothing to do with how powerful we each really are to make a difference, to set things

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My dad passed away on Friday and I am having a difficult time with it. I'm very fortunate to have so much love in my life and people supporting me.My dad was the one who introduced me to surfing the waves in Oceanside, California, and he would ride the waves for hours and hours chuckling as he'd bring one more in.I'd go out with him and do the same. Often we would laugh and smile at each other

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Changing the World With Discharge*There's never been a day quite like today for living outside the oppression.I'm an imperfect white woman ending racism because I have always wanted to sink my teeth into the key issue facing our global community. For a while I thought it was vegetarianism, then I thought it was environmentalism. One day, after several years of using a discharge process with

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Hat tip to Susan Pizarro-Eckert in Kramer gets Krazed.She asserts his mental health status ties in with unconscious racism. I don't get behind that in quite the same way but what I do think is we all need a lot of listening to. In that process all kinds of nasty stuff will show itself. But it's just nasty stuff stuck to our minds and we can rid ourselves of being within its grip. Since, as a

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I didn't stuff myself! Funny, when I was growing up the memories are of being too full on Thanksgiving Day.I made:Autumn Apple Bread DressingScrambled TofuVegan GravyI made scrambled tofu because that is what my son Sonic wanted. It turned out great w/ cranberry and all the trimmings. The bread dressing is a recipe I adore and learned while living at Murrietta Hot Springs for two years in the 80s

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A brilliant site--educational in a reverse sort of way. Might even top Sarah Silverman for comic relief in the god-awful stupid white stuff arena ...I should have thought of this first since black people love me too--and probably have to be this patient (thank you thank you)--for the holidays.Oh, you've got to scroll down on the hanging out link to the bottom photo where Johnny is just stumped!!

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So we get the day off. It's a holiday. Based on?Well, celebrating the brutal way European terrorists invaded this continent. We're thankful. We're grateful. As I remember it as a young person it was thankful for all *God* has given us. And we were taught that the righteous were blessed.Woah, wait a minute. So let me get this straight. Does that mean whoever isn't *blessed* is not righteous? Does

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Zeke said:sea. i like this blog. it is somthing that makes sens.but i think that you should take two weeks off.Conversation ensues days later:Mom: You made a comment Zeke ...Z: Yeah you should check it. It's on time out. Did you check it?"Mom: Yes.Z: I think you should take two weeks off instead.Mom: Why?Z: Because one week ago you said you were going to take a week off and you still haven't.Mom:

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Blogger posting was down here all yesterday.Here is my vox post.Hope you are well.

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I need to take a break and get offline for at least a week.I need to sit with my children.I need to balance my checkbook, clear out the clutter, build my cientele.I need time alone to wait in silence for my inner voice.My life seems to be changing rapidly and I can't tell if I'm making the right choices.It is so tempting to just not stop.I hate to get offline.But I must.

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The reason I use a timer when I have special time with my children is ideals versus resource.My ideals would be that my attention on them would always be that of delight, enthusiasm for each and every thought they have. My attention would be focused and unwavering. My own "stuff" would be set aside in order to pay good attention to them. I would be playful, unhurried, flexible. Wow. No small

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Special Time with our children is a time set aside just for focus on one child. It is a time you as parent have agreed to not answer the phone or the door, not make a cup of tea, not think about your to-do list, not pick up the house etc.Your child knows that you will be focused on her/him.I like to use a timer because that further sanctifies the time. Until that timer beeps, it's all the young

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This blogging is getting dang boring! I'm putting all my juicy stuff in a private live journal. What the heck!I used to blog here on parenting issues. That quickly gave way to more glamorous topics such as ending racism.Even though the proper parenting could put an end to racism within this century ...But dang, like I said, isn't parenting just boring? Or is that an aspect of the oppression?Bing!

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En Vogue The answer to my prayer this morning was this powerful group of women strutting their stuff. I am so glad to be sober today and a friend of color mentioned (hat tip to stickemup) if she hadn't seen these women when she was 12 she wasn't so sure where she'd be today. Also...am I the only person that remembers these fierce motherfuckers? And people nowadays really think

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How can I have more joy in my life? Have you ever wondered why people act the way they do? Why we do one thing when we had really planned on doing some thing else? Why do we find some things really tough to accomplish? If you have ever asked any of these questions, this is the place for you. Anyone who is interested in being in charge of getting their life into better shape is welcomed to

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This woman has a beautiful voice. Who is she? The cover says Leonard Cohen. Her name is Sharon Robinson and, along with Cohen's deep big voice, creates an ecstasy for the ears.First I have to say I've listened to this CD probably non-stop since I downloaded it after a craniosacral teacher of mine was really into it and played it to the whole class. The song about the flecks of dust coming into

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So I watched Afropunk and wanted to write some of what I saw and my thoughts. But mainly just to keep the topic alive. This is not that what I think is all that important but just that after some trial and error I was able to follow through and watch this. When a black person in your community asks you to do something it's important to do it. And make no mistake, we have been asked.The DVD is

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When I wake up in the morning and remember I am part of this project to eliminate racism, I think about the day to come and what that means. I think about the other folks connected to this project and visualize us as an energy force that keeps growing.I also let a picture come to mind, a feeling come to my heart, within my being of what the world will be like when racism is no more. How will

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You might as well watch me go through this process.Sea's world is crumbling but that could be a good thing.I just returned from a Hebrew chant led by Rabbi Nadia here in Boulder.Is it the Beloved who sings through me to reach for the Beloved? Or is me singing for the Beloved to come to me?There was a journey taken. For me it was largely nodding out, but I did have a vision that I was walking

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It always kind of amazes me, I don't know why, when people who know fuk all about my work criticize me. They have no clue what's going on except that they themselves are so disappointed.But this is my mistake. I haven't been clear enough. When I say listening for change. I mean an appointment for me to listen to you. And then you actually listen to me. It's an exchange. I don't walk around

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So, I like the idea of googlebombing. Insert the code (link below) in your blog or just putter through the links below. Dems gotta be disciplined. --AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl--AZ-01: Rick Renzi--AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth--CA-04: John Doolittle--CA-11: Richard Pombo--CA-50: Brian Bilbray--CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave--CO-05: Doug Lamborn--CO-07: Rick O'Donnell--CT-04: Christopher Shays--FL-13: Vernon Buchanan--FL-16:

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Overall, human beings are becoming more thoughtful and aware. It's an upward trend.I just heard about three items on NPR (US National Public Radio) thatreminded me of this upward trend: A local talk show with Sarah Bennett and Nancy Kalish, co-authors of The Case Against Homework: How Homework Is Hurting Our Children and What We Can Do About It, here is the link for listening with Real

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From Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington's newsletter Planning for the first moments of your baby's life Before your baby is born, talk to your doctor about what will happen immediately after the birth of your new baby. In uncomplicated births and cesarean sections, it is usually possible and beneficial for new parents to spend a quiet hour or more holding and getting to know their new baby.

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>I grew up in southern California. I have two sisters (shown here) and a brother. My mom is a carrot-farm, date-farm heiress and a bereavement counselor. She, at age 60, earned a double masters degree in marriage and family counseling and spiritual psychology.I'm pretty into looking good and having an image from way back. That's why I chose saving a nuked, blind, disabled, gay sperm whale as an

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Scroll down for new posts ...KBOO Discussion Board HereJamilah Bourdon's, black panelist, homework for white allies.I will keep this Board up for 30 days.Scroll down for new posts.

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Maxjulian has graciously requested that I examine any unconscious motives I may have about wanting to get close to black people. I have argued with him profusely that I am working hard on this already. He suggests that I need to listen.So he's keeping me on my toes.25 ways to tokenize or alienate a non-white person around youThe following was written by a group of activists who assembled 25

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Hat tip to minivercheevy.What the hell happened today?. The president signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006. If you're like me you have a child in your lap who demands to be seen. You have water boiling away on the stove for mac 'n cheese. You have a tired husband with the baseball game on after a long day at work.You've managed to walk around the block for 20 minutes to take care of your

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Imagining Home: Stories of Columbia Villa"Imagining Home" comes home.The first showings of this film in New ColumbiaPlus a sneak peek of new footage!Screenings at 7pmOct 20 & 21Nov 3 & 4(from a postcard I received.)"An entire past comes to dwell in a new house." -Gaston BachelardIn Imagining Home, the rich character of Columbia Villa is revealed through stories of residents and many others whose

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Dr James Mason leads a workshop for privilege awareness and how to create welcoming and safe environments in New Columbia's community room....Columbia Villa, another wartime housing project in the Portsmouth Neighborhood, is being rebuilt; the new $150 million community will be known as New Columbia and will offer public housing, rental housing, and single family home ownership units...I live in

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How about fasting today for Darfur and fast today for Portland. We've got rampant racism here and it's killing the people of color slowly--sometimes quickly--but not softly.You know, our administration can be complete jerks around the world but when it comes to putting our foot down to stop genocide we are "diplomatic"? Be a jerk to end genocide. Use your oppressive power to stop genocide in

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It takes time to make any kind of a dent in racism, considering that we must overcome all that has gone before.Kalamazoo has set up a Summit to end racism in their community. Hat tip to Susan Pizarro-Eckert at about.com's Race RelationsA Summit on Racism--organized by the city in partnership with the YWCA--has held annual meetings to tackle racism. Areas of focus have included education,

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Are you aware that our "elected" officials have drawn a line in the sand by authorizing human torture without any due process whatsoever?September 28 this nonsense was passed.A very good letter by Hanne Blank. Feel free to draft something similar and send it off as well. As she says, to do nothing lets them off the hook. (Type you zipcode here at congress.org for contact info.)Hat tip to

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Maxjulian wrote: Okay...so, I didn't hear the show but I have some opinions about KBOO:Its an extremely racist, phake progressive organization, reflective of white progressives in general.I just picked up a book from Powell's today, Steve Biko's "I Write What I Like." In the forward, the writer mentions Biko's focus on the white liberal:"He does so because liberals POSE as allies of blacks for

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“When all the bodies have been buried in Darfur, how will history judge us?”The Shabbat, sundown today, is coming. And it is a time to be. To be together and hopefully stop busy-work.But what do we do when there's no good time to rest?Savedarfur.org has some answers. Furthermore, the Bush administration has passed some nonsense torture treatment law which everyone and I mean EVERYONE is blogging

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* eGOV@USCIS * USCIS.GOV * DHS.GOV * HomeAt this time, there are no information appointments available for the office in your area. Please try back again later.Return to USCIS On-Line * Feedback to USCIS This is what I found today when trying to make an appointment for a friend. WTF. She passed her tests over a year ago and has not received a citizenship ceremony notice.Now when the

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Last night after the KBOO show, fellow guest Jamilah Bourdon highly recommended us all to watch afropunk. Here is the link. If you were listening to the show you got some concrete ideas on what to do Monday morning in your school or job to make a differnce as a white ally to people of color. Jamilah just gave us some homeowork though! And that is to find Afropunk and WATCH IT!I'd like to echo

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The call-in show tonight is a beginning of a group that will work together to be white allies and it will be people of color who are guiding the white folks in what they want in allies.There will be some footwork to do by us white folks. and as much as possible it's good to learn from sources like Paul Kivel--who has done much footwork in listening to folks of color and writing a book based on

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Hey, as this is the day where at sundown it becomes Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year and hey, since I've been meaning forever to open my mouth and talk about what it means to be a gentile friend to my beloved Jews, this here marks the spot.There's so much to say. And so much pressure not to say it!I mean, *cries* the anti-Jewish oppression I grew up with was SO insidious, SO almost invisible by

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I'm wondering about you.What's it like for you being you. And I want to know all about your life. Everything. There is no detail boring to me. Can't be boring because it's about you.What was it like growing up? How many brothers and sisters do you have? What is your heritage and what was it like growing up in that identity for YOU? What are your earliest memories? I'd deeply enjoy hearing them a

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From Leigh Anne Kranz of Bread & Roses:Hi Friends,Tune in this Friday, 9/226:00 - 7:00 PM PSTKBOO 90.7 FM PortlandListen Live: www.kboo.org (Instructions below)Join me and my guests, Raeyven Rasheed (photo above) and Sea Ganschow, for an "Anti-Racism Call-In Show." (For audio-promo click here). We'll talk about the responsibility/role of white people in ending racism, how to be a true ally, and

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Racism harms our lives.I am committed to ending racism within my lifetime.I know how.Yes my heart pounds a little writing that to post. What will people say? Will they attack me. Will they take me seriously. Will they ask who am I to be so bold.I know how.I chuckle now. The smile to myself because I've seen it work. It works in myself, it works in those who are doing the work with me. And it's so

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6pm, Friday, September 22 on KBOO 90.7.I'll be on the air with Leigh Anne Kranz of Bread & Roses collective ... listen ...I don't know how to put the audio directly here on my blog (help?) so I put it here and it's a great promo!! I think!! Listen and enjoy. The music really gets a big message across too.

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Over at K8, a cat, and a mission blog she says she thinks she's finally got something to say on this here (belated) five year anniversary of 9/11. Hat tip to GayProf.Thank you Jon Stewart. Thank you for bringing a progressive viewpoint and levity to the media. Thank you for opening the door. Thank you Stephen Colbert for The Word, for parodying the right, for bringing that parody right to the

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Here is an email I sent to my son's school co-founders and co-directors. I have omitted the identifying names. I simply wanted it to be a point of discussion and possibly an example of what we as parents can think about and voice about in the school system.Hi,It feels so good to be back and see my belovedT%*#@$ family! Thank you so much for the stridesmade and the incredible organizing it takes

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I'm looking forward to meeting with Leigh Anne Kranz today. We will do her promo together for the next anti-racist KBOO radio show on September 22.We were talking about the show and it will be a call-in show.The idea is to discuss the role of white people as allies and how to be anti-racist in practical everyday ways. We both like the book Uprooting Racism alot by Paul Kivel.

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These Guys Got On Airplanes, Hey!How come Raed couldn't get on a plane with a shirt that said, "We will not be silent" in English and Arabic?He was told by officials that letting him on the plane with that shirt on would be like a robber walking in a bank with a shirt that said, "I am a bank robber." Hmmm. That doesn't equate.My daughter was having a nice cry today and towards the end she

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Full Hearts / Peace / The Sun"...So just look at them and sigh ... and know they love you. " Crosby Stills Nash and YoungGood morning. I'm full with joy and wanted to try and capture that on the page. I won't finish my morning pages until afterward. The flow of the universe seemed to be conspiring to rip me off for days and days and months and years even. (More details later lol) I have been not

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Tell ABC to Tell the TruthAh, the life of a working parent. I'm leaning once again on the dilettante and call you to read his elegant post complete with link to take action.Contacting ABC to demand the public know that the upcoming docudrama on 9/11 is NOT a documentary folks. It's angled, mangled and twisted to look oh so good for the Bush administration.So thanks Jonathon Korman and others he

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RANT ON ASHES AND SNOWWTFI watched the film Ashes and Snow today.I want to lighten up, and enjoy this truly enchanting and fluid film, but I cannot shake the feeling that I was supposed to be seduced into not noticing the racism and exploitation ...People of color with their eyes and mouths closed and still as stone. Exquisite women of color dancers playing second fiddle to the white swim-dancers

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I'm so tempted to change the name of my blog to simply Sea's Blog and change the subtitle to something like: white woman blogging on race or even novice anti-racist musings whatever. I think I just need to sit with the urge and notice how bad it feels.Well, it started from being around white people a lot in the past two weeks. And noticing, not only the mean things we do to each other and call it

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On Darfur: My brilliant and gorgeous friend Susanna has forwarded me this notice.This is not the only struggle but it is equally important as any other struggle.Dear Susana,I have critical news to report.This morning, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution authorizing a peacekeeping force in Darfur. The presence of a peacekeeping force is the only measure that will provide the

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Brings a whole new meaning to the term fast food.I've got a large wooden salad bowl in my car full of organic veggies, olive oil, garlic, real salt and balsamic vinegar. I just gotta tell ya. I think I've discovered an oppression unique to most westerners--across racial lines and everything!Are you ready?Pop pop pop, popop, pop.What is that sound? Is it popcorn, is it a gun? No, that friends is

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2006 Black Weblogs AwardsHEY YOU! (I'm thinking of changing my blog name to this.) Another thing you can do is vote at the black weblog awards. This is a great time to read up on all the black bloggers you've "been meaning to" get acquainted with. I have graduated from lurking only on a few black blogs but mostly white folks--we lurk and we lurk. Only unlurk when invited, got it?Love ya!

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HEY YOU!! Good White People! Got Another Assignment For Ya!Cyreena Boston (black woman, alert alert all allies) emailed Listening For Change this flyer. Will and I met her at the McCoy Park Night Out Against Crime party. She is constituency director for the Democratic National Committee and involved in PDX Confidential--an organization I've just discovered. Understandably, she practically flew

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The BaptismalMy sister sharing Hollywood gossip with my son and nephew.I enjoyed the new moon, apricot in sliver.That was yesterday. This is now. I dove into the ocean at dusk. Orange and blues and shimmering of the setting sun below the pier. My children frolicked around me. I, though, decided quietly that I would not let them kill me.And I went under that cool salty slow wave with no hit to it.

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You can find many bad jokes or cynical comments about this image but it does make sense to me that Sonic is my son's favorite charcter. He'll be pleased to see this.I found it by googling the words anti-racism news.

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He woke up singing.My son, who can cry from his toenails when the time is right. He knows how to reach down inside and not carry any baggage. I have some moments where I wonder is he just unloading something or is he actually this miserable. Reality always prevails. He wakes up singing. His eyes sparkle.Tonight I took him and my dear daughter to Roxy in Encinitas. We had a blast. In one point of

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Angry Black Woman has some thoughts on the racism within Pirates of the Caribbean 2 here.

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It sucks to be an Arab/Muslim living in the US these days. When you go to the middle east, you are a US tax-payer destroying people's houses with your money, and when you come back to the US, you are a suspected terrorist and plane hijacker. --Raed JarrarHis blog is here.Read his interview by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now on the strange incident at JFK airport where he was asked to remove his tee

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The secret life of an anti-racist blogger (visiting so-cal)Too fuckin weird. There is no wifi and the latte is more like hot milk. I asked for soy but I don’t think the person heard me. It wasn’t in his vocab. I’m excited about checking out this Trading Place that had windows out front which looked great. I think I could buy one and have it shipped home. No kidding .Yes.Well, this place would

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Ending Racism through ClosenessMy intention when writing the above phrase was not closeness through sex although that is one of the only ways men are "allowed" to be close to women in our society. Closeness with other men is only allowed through sports, beer-drinnking, fighting, or else (not so allowed) sex with other men.But here is an article about the relationship between sex and war. Rather I

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Google the word "failure" at http://www.google.com and laugh at what you see. Hurry before Google finds out and changes it, I guess. Or is that possible?

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Shoshone-Bannock should get Lava Hot Springs back. It would provide jobs that are not existent. It's not right. I can just imagine the so-called "sale" and all the actual pressures and violence or threats of violence; the enforced poverty that prompted the Indians to "agree" to the sale of Lava Hot Springs.Did you know if you have your tribal membership card with you, you can get in free? That's

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Banning the-N-word ...Over at thefreeslave Maxjulian asks us all: Is the energy to ban the so-called “N” word useful? Could that energy be better spent trying to end the conditions that make black people and other non-whites “functional niggas?”Visit his site and answer his question!How do you feel when you read or hear the N word? That's what I want you to feel. I think that's what Max wants you

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Keeping Our MindsThe Commitment to Focus on the Good, the True and the BeautifulDoes this mean denial?Hmm, No!You and I know full well the sucky-ness of racism. My readers of color know it daily--the constant vigilance they are under--and my European-heritage readers know it because huge chunks of our humanity have been "scarred" due to participating in it.Does keeping our minds in the good mean

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I was standing in the back of the plane with my two kids waiting to file out as soon as the line would begin to move. I was looking at the pumped-up triceps of the white guy a few rows up from me and thinking how good he looked.The line began to move and he let a woman in the row ahead of him go and completely ignored two brown-skinned folks and butted ahead of them. My initial pleasure at his

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Why do white people get together? Isn't that racist? You're already racist, honey and the meeting is to heal from that shit.So yes, we meet as white folks. Because we have to unload the ton of crap that has been heaped upon our minds since day one. It has disconnected us from our hearts. It has made us feel so bad about ourselves as well. It has set us up and we act out racism daily. You do. I do

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My heart is on fire. My soul's like a wheel that's turning. My love is alive.--Gary WrightI don't know about Gary Wright but I do know what those words mean to me. Racism is going to end. Our lives will be different. And how so?For you see, the set up, the system as it is messes with all of us.And we all have these places inside us where we have been targeted and where we have been oppressor. And

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The 4th Erase Racism Carnival is up at Rachel's Tavern. It's so organized and easy to read. And I'm excited about the postings. They rock!!Make sure to go right NOW and read up. I've only read a few so far and have added new faves already.Best,Sea

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RAEYVEN RASHEED, black feminist leader, to give eyewitness report-back on fight to prevent closure of the last abortion clinic in Mississippi for Radical Women of Portland, OR at Bread and Roses Center this Saturday at 7pm. Dinner and cocktails at 6pm."Christianity teaches love and tolerance and this is not an example of that," --Raeyven RasheedBlack feminist leader, Raeyven Rasheed, represented

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White People "Don't get it" Says Black TeenI was talking to JC over lunch (on right) and I had put on his favorite music, hip hop. I asked Jonathon how do you feel about white people listening to hip hop? He said he thought it had made it more accessible and profitable for rappers because so many white folks had made it popular. The caveat? He’s not so sure that white people really understand

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About Erase Racism CarnivalThe idea is to get more people blogging and/or reading about creating a world free of racism. We ask that those interested in hosting a future edition of the carnival please submit at least one post beforehand.Writing and talking and thinking and acting. Me thinks they go together. Writing is an action. Thinking is good. And changing is really good.I dare you.Oh, by the

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Hey, we've still got a couple days until the deadline for the 4th Erase Racism Carnival over at Rachel's Tavern.It's open topic so write what you want--on erasing racism, remember!I know. When you're white it's so easy to think about other things.

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Ya know, it's natural to have friends who might look different than you. But that's not what we end up doing. Ya know, there's just one race. We've been lied to. So, where has that placed you as a white person?How's your intercultural intelligence? I think this is a good start. It doesn't take the place of hours and hours of focus on the topic with another person as witness. However, take this

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Permission to speak freely? "If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it."--Anais Nin (via Max)No I don't want Dish TV or any other satellite TV. I don't like your shows. For the most part they reinforce fear and racism--classism and sexism etc etc. No, I don't want a security system

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