Acceptance is not enough
A recent local survey found that 95% of respondents agreed that they are “very accepting of people from different cultural backgrounds.” However, acceptance is insufficient for a number of reasons.
A modest proposal for energetic reparations
I use the concept of reparations to propose a framework for energetic reparations. That is, reparations for the energy countless racialized people have poured into a white person’s (un)learning journey, as well as the energy white people do not need to expend over decades of their lives to understand, face, and/or challenge racism.