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I am at a difficult juncture.
My immediate material situation requires that, like never before in my life, I practice what I preach; care for myself; work in my own self-interest; be “here-now-can;” “keep the focus on me;” live by the Serenity Prayer. These are what I counsel any poor person to do. These are what I most emphatically now must do myself.
This entails dis-attending to all the current social turmoil.
It entails turning a deaf ear and blind eye to many messages, insistent messages, particularly coming from those who claim to have the best interests of the poor (like me) at heart.
My first impulse was to dismiss this. Continue reading How to talk to white people
My core belief is fairly obscure.
I never supposed anyone would attack it directly.
This is a time for the white person to look the black person in the eye and know that she or he is hurting.
This is a time for the black person to look the white person in the eye and know that he or she is hurting.