Step 1 - Don't make it about you. Microaggressions are the everyday indignities and insults that members of marginalized groups endure in their routine interactions with people in all walks of life. If you’ve been called out for committing a microaggression you need to respond with compassion, concern, and humility. “You want people to feel respected, so you need to walk the talk,” Zheng says. “It’s important to get this right.” Here are some tips. Take a breath. Being called

"If parents don’t explain why these inequities exist — that they exist because of longstanding systemic racism in this country — children will assume they must be justified or 'natural.'" - Kelsey Borresen There is never too young of an age to bring up race while raising your child. If Black parents need to teach their children about race in order to help them survive and thrive in an unjust and racist world, then White parents better be doing the same. Remember, there is no

Books to Help You Be Actively Anti-Racist In Your Daily Life These books are meant to serve as resources for adults, especially white adults, to support unlearning, growth, and a deepening of their understanding of anti-racism work. Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates IndieBound Amazon The History Of White People by Nell Irvin Painter IndieBound Amazon How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi IndieBound Amazon What Does It Mean To Be White by Robin DiAngelo IndieBo

“The denial of racism, the defensiveness about racism is essential to racism itself. It's the heartbeat of racism.” - Ibram X. Kendi While we anxiously await Ibram X. Kendi’s upcoming book ‘How To Be An Antiracist,’ you can take less than ten minutes from your day to listen to his segment that aired this morning with Steve Inskeep on NPR. Having trouble wrapping your head around people who claim that Trump’s latest remarks weren’t racist? Kendi illustrates some of the defensi

It’s time to get uncomfortable, America. And I don’t just mean from how much you’re going to overeat tomorrow for Thanksgiving. "As America sits down to give thanks for a country founded on the pain of many, we can't dismiss the irony of what is being celebrated." - Rachel Elizabeth Cargle It’s time to get uncomfortable and talk about racism. No blowing it off as “not appropriate for the holiday dinner table” or “we’re not racist,” or “let’s focus on love during this season.”