Curious

The bear and I were watching a show that was discussing racial stereotypes briefly. The “Asians can’t drive” stereotype came up, and I had to profess ignorance. That was one I had never heard. The bear told me he’d heard that one plenty of times before, and since it was a stereotype that made it [...]

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CRANKY

Today I am the crankiest. I do not know why. I woke up with a sneer and it’s just sort of stayed there. I am trying to breathe, trying not to grasp, trying to be centered and aware, and all I find at my center of awareness is CRANKY. Which, okay, now that I’m thinking [...]

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International

I feel like I oughta make some clarification about my last post and what I said about parents who adopt internationally. Today I was contacted by a family we work with who has two adopted kids from Africa. These are good parents, really good parents, and when I go off about “international parents,” I’m not [...]

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Processing

I just linked to a new blog called Process, written by a white social worker who’s really trying to “get it,” identify white privilege and not let it turn her into, well, a privileged white jackass. Trying to see through the eyes of her clients, see how her life isn’t normal, natural, or earned, but [...]

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03/2006 Part 2

This was originally going to be an atrociously long response to a comment on my last post, but the gods of the internet gave me a second chance by erasing it when I tried to post it. I was very angry when I wrote it — not at the commenter specifically, but in general. I’m [...]

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