These days, happily, a disproportionate amount of my energy is going into 1.) staring at the new treadmill I bought while I go all in on another bowl of Breyer’s collaboration with Snickers candy bar (this ice cream is the dairy equivalent to crack, if you’ve never had it before do yourself a favor and leaveContinue reading “Coronavirus in “Black & White””
Category Archives: Blog
Saying the Wrong Thing–Building Up YourRacial Stamina
video from Sunday 5/17 90 minutes
What people are saying about my Sunday webinar series–
“YES!!! THIS is the conversation I was looking for!” Sonja N “I just attended Nanette’s first online workshop. The discussion of ‘White Women’s Tears’ was eye opening. We were challenged toContinue reading “What people are saying about my Sunday webinar series–”
Howard’s Way
So I got an email Sunday morning from Howard J. Eagle of Rochester, N.Y., accusing me and a list of others of “race hustling.” That afternoon I was hosting a paid-access virtual meeting (which I will be doing every Sunday until we’re let back out of our homes) discussing white privilege and fragility and hadContinue reading “Howard’s Way”
The N-word: To Be Or NOT To Be?
I undertook an hour’s drive to a suburb of Rochester, N.Y., the other day. The Greece school district was inviting all comers to a most improbable congress; an open forum on the use of the word “nigger.” Yep, you read that right. A local friend gave me a little background explaining that this particular townContinue reading “The N-word: To Be Or NOT To Be?”
“Most people never listen.” –Ernest Hemingway
In Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow, she told the story of a black youth who came to her, as a lawyer for the ACLU, complaining he was being targeted and framed by local police. He had stacks of paper, dates, reports, evidence, but Alexander didn’t believe him. At this early stage in herContinue reading ““Most people never listen.” –Ernest Hemingway”
“Where’s the beef???”
I just wrote this long-ass reply on someone else’s blog, then realized hey, I just produced a whole new essay. And I ain’t posted on my own site in months. Why am I out here just givin’ it away like that? So here it is. The following is in response to a white writer atContinue reading ““Where’s the beef???””
Global warming, the Easter Bunny, and white privilege
THIS IS MY OP-ED PIECE PRINTED IN THE ROCHESTER NY PAPER, DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, ON SUNDAY 10/06/19–AND SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED ON IT’S PARENT PAPER’S WEBSITE, USA TODAY.COM–IN RESPONSE TO AN EARLIER PIECE BY A WHITE ROCHESTER BUSINESSMAN WHO DISPUTED THE EXISTENCE OF WHITE PRIVILEGE. So John Calia, an old white guy, is angry. In 1961 JamesContinue reading “Global warming, the Easter Bunny, and white privilege”
“Pay No Attention To That Racism Behind The Curtain!”
“Ha, ha, ha!” LOL with the hardiest chortle I can muster. You know how you’ve always known something but one day it sort of clicks in a way that it never did before and you really “get it”? Racism was originally and has always been a way to control other white people. I’ll be darnedContinue reading ““Pay No Attention To That Racism Behind The Curtain!””
“Cause he’s down by the pond playing hockey with the kids…”
The book White Fragility by sociologist Robin DiAngelo has enjoyed a run on the New York Times Best Seller List for nearly nine months. I still can’t quite understand why honestly, many white people have told me it was a real tough-love kind of read for them. In it, DiAngelo submits that she and herContinue reading ““Cause he’s down by the pond playing hockey with the kids…””
