Category: entitlement

cultural integration, double consciousness, empathy, entitlement, meta-ignorance, minority, Poem, truth to power, white privilege

You ought to know

You ought to know what it means to be carelessly dismissed You ought to know what it feels like to be despised You ought to know what makes people so cold and indifferent to you   You ought to know so you might stop dismissing despising coldly ignoring   You ought to know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of what you … Continue reading You ought to know

One SisterLeave a comment
Belonging, Canada, caring, character, community, cultural integration, double consciousness, empathy, entitlement, Home, letting go, Mi'kmaq, minority, mixed background, Muslim, safety

Half Breed

I once overheard someone proudly calling herself a “halfbreed.” It caught me off guard. I lost my footing for a split of a second. It fogged my brain and made me dizzy for an instant. I tried to convince myself that I must have misunderstood. But I hadn’t. Because she went on to explain that she was half Native and half something else. She explained … Continue reading Half Breed

One SisterLeave a comment
art, caring, cultural integration, double consciousness, education, entitlement, white privilege, writing

Black Panther: did it live up to the hype?

I know… The Back Panther movie has been out for several months already, and I’m a late comer to the debate. But this is a good thing, because I know you all probably have watched it already, so I won’t be spoiling anything for you! I actually just watched it with my kids on a DVD borrowed from the library (yes, that’s how frugal we are!). One … Continue reading Black Panther: did it live up to the hype?

One SisterLeave a comment