Read More“We do this because the world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.”
― Cisneros Sandra
Read More“We do this because the world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.”
― Cisneros Sandra
luisdaniellecastillejo Whiteness and Anxiety
Trauma
Fight Flight Freeze Fawn
What do we do with this dangerous mixture?
#race #anxiety #awareness racism #trauma #traumahealing #dothrwork
@brezybear credit to my people for their wisdom - tagged in this
Read MoreRead MoreHistorians have found that most sundown towns deliberately hid the means by which they became and remained all-white. Apart from oral histories, there are often few archival records that describe precisely how sundown towns excluded Blacks. Laws and policies that enforced racial exclusion have largely disappeared, but de facto sundown towns existed into the 1980s, and some may still be in evidence today.
Read MoreHistorians have found that most sundown towns deliberately hid the means by which they became and remained all-white. Apart from oral histories, there are often few archival records that describe precisely how sundown towns excluded Blacks. Laws and policies that enforced racial exclusion have largely disappeared, but de facto sundown towns existed into the 1980s, and some may still be in evidence today.
Grateful for the opportunity
To shine liberated light
Around and within.
I belong to morning light
And starlight
Read MoreGrateful for the opportunity
To shine liberated light
Around and within.
I belong to morning light
And starlight
Read MorePor más que lo intento el espejo no logra reflejar lo que percibo en mi interior,
Labios demasiado regordetes.
Caderas demasiado anchas.
But is surviving worth losing my identity?
Who I fought to be?
Read MoreAs hate crimes go up
Suicide rates rise
I want to hide who I am just to continue to survive.
But is surviving worth losing my identity?
Who I fought to be?
Read MoreSin embargo, a pesar de estas soluciones razonables, la comunidad latina/a/x fue acusada de ser una madre soltera que denunciaba violencia racial, para desacreditar a muchos otros. En esta breve carta de tres páginas, casi ninguna de nuestras preocupaciones o historias se valida, ni se compromete a buscar justicia, bueno, el tipo de justicia que se aplica a todas las personas.
Read MoreAs Im typing this Im sitting here thinking when will racism end?
What is it going to take?
Since my first day of kindergarten, I felt different. I didn’t know English I was always the last to learn everything.
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