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What Is Cinco de Mayo?
Ways to truly celebrate Mexican culture
Pandemic Brought Me More Racist Micro Aggressions
The pandemic even brought more racism into my life.
Response to the Derek Chauvin Verdict
It’s all right for white people to not make a statement to people of color about the Chauvin trial.
Think Before You Message About Racism
When racist violence prompts you to reach out to a person of color, a better gesture might be to send that outraged text to a white person.
“Why Now, White People?” The Real Reasons Whites Are Active Against Racism NOW
The Code Switch episode Why Now, White People? came out on June 16th, but the question is still live: Why are so many white people currently involved in anti-racism protests and activities? It's a fair question because racism was an equally hot issue with equally...
What White People Can Do
Backstory on my latest Medium post Here's What White People Can Do. On Monday I was on a Zoom call that featured a speaker on LGBT+ pride and activism because June is Pride Month. But of course she also addressed the racial shit going on. The host taped the call so I...
U.S. Gets Worse (Over Many Decades) Before Getting Better
In his Medium.com story Ninety Thousand Dead and Counting, Umair Haque points out that Americans don't seem to care how many Americans are dying of COVID-19. He writes that other countries tend to keep careful watch of how many deaths their governments cause, whether...
Cinco de Mayo – Don’t Do It
I suspect some white Americans might think they're honoring Mexican culture by having cinco de mayo parties, but they're not. Cinco de mayo has become another American-appropriated holiday that isn't really celebrated in its country of origin. If you want to celebrate...
They Hate Us
My latest Medium published story is called The U.S. is 244 years of hatred. In it I write about how much many Americans hate people of color, which I'm reminded of as I imagine how many white supremacists must feel just fine about COVID-19 killing more Blacks and...
More Dirt
My screenshot of the YouTube video of WBUR's January interview of Jeanine Cummins My review of American Dirt got more social media attention than any other post I've written in the 15 years and nine months I've been writing this blog. Since then I've read lots of...
Chinatowns Everywhere Need Us
Ignorant Americans everywhere are avoiding their local Chinese restaurants, shops and neighborhoods because they're afraid of the coronavirus. In Chicago, Chinatown restaurants are suffering from as much as a 50% decrease in business. Why do they think every...
Book Review: American Dirt
No. It’s not a good book club book.
Latina Equal Pay Day Nov. 20, 2019
Eva Longoria breaks down how Latinas earn less than everyone even taking into account education, experience and location. Watch the video at LeanIn.org.
Latina Equal Pay Day – 20 Nov 2019
November 20th, 2019 marks the unfairness of the pay gap and how far into 2019 it takes a Latina to make what a white, non-Hispanic male earned in 2018. There are pay gaps between white non-Latino men and women of all backgrounds, but of all women in the U.S. Latinas...