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Charlotte Tilbury Color Chameleon Color Morphing Eyeshadow Pencil in “Black Diamonds”

Originally posted on Daily Musings | Adventures in Life & Beauty Products:
As promised, more Charlotte Tilbury reviews are here! In today’s post, the Charlotte Tilbury Color Chameleon Color Morphing Eyeshadow Pencil in “Black Diamonds” will be the star of the show and it’s truly a product that has impressed me. While the reviews I’ve read…

How I Afford to Travel… And You May Not Like What I’m Going To Say

Originally posted on Kate from the States:
The honest truth – I never have the money I need to travel, but I buy the ticket anyway. I’ve realized that money comes and goes, but the more I make, the harder it is to part with it and weirdly, the less I have, the easier it…

Going to the Water: Cherokee Perspectives on Cherokee Culture

Language is so important. The language we choose to express ourselves in, the individual words we choose, and keeping traditional languages alive and living, moving with the cultures they are a part of. Part of why multilingual people are generally smart is because they’re using more of their brains. Another reason is that they’re moreContinue reading “Going to the Water: Cherokee Perspectives on Cherokee Culture”

Send who back to where? When will you send yourself?

White supremacists have always been a group that, at least from a distance, I find really interesting. The thought process that has to go into genuinely segregating oneself so much that they cannot see the humanity in another person, or just don’t care to know it, and often still identify very strongly with Christian orContinue reading “Send who back to where? When will you send yourself?”

Changing the School Discipline Structure

Have you heard about the racial disparity in punishments faced by students in public school systems nationwide? According to Dr. Bernadeia Johnson, superintendent of schools for the Minneapolis public school district, In Minneapolis, a low-income black student is six times more likely than a white student to be suspended for at least one day in a school year.Continue reading “Changing the School Discipline Structure”

Trust Me, I Don’t Have Privilege.

Over the past … well, life, but particularly rising in number this past week, we’ve all had these conversations. Conversations where, if you’re White, you’re talking to your friends of color and saying “I don’t have privilege, though. I’m [Jewish, Russian, handicapped, poor, uneducated, insert other reason here].” And they’re most likely a bit frustrated,Continue reading “Trust Me, I Don’t Have Privilege.”

Only Empathy Can Solve This. Can You Find Yours?

This civil rights lawyer sort of put my thoughts into words way better than I could’ve. It’s really true. Maybe some people are getting facts wrong. Maybe some people are saying facts don’t matter. But the point is this; sometimes facts and labels make for great talking points. They make for great ways for peopleContinue reading “Only Empathy Can Solve This. Can You Find Yours?”

The backstory of Ferguson, MO, or, Why it IS a Racial Issue (even though you’re sure it’s not)

Too many people have been confused, or maybe just convinced. “It’s not a racial issue,” they’re saying. Even if those of us who can see through the veil know better, let’s suspend disbelief for a moment. Maybe that instant, that decision to use deadly force, was not directly a racial issue. Let’s pretend that DarrenContinue reading “The backstory of Ferguson, MO, or, Why it IS a Racial Issue (even though you’re sure it’s not)”

I’m a White Parent. My Kids are Black. Am I Alone?

Short answer, you aren’t. With permission, I’m sharing the feelings of a woman well versed in navigating the complex issues of being a part of an interracial family. She’s educated, active, and great at applying that knowledge in raising her daughter. Everyone feels lost on this one. Please post your feelings, reactions, and suggestions inContinue reading “I’m a White Parent. My Kids are Black. Am I Alone?”

We’re tired. We’d like to not be dead.

Recently, too many cases have come to light from the past six months. Too many cases of a police officer, the people–people, aka human beings who are, in fact, fallible–who are charged with protecting and serving our communities, doing the exact opposite. Does it protect and serve our communities if someone illegally selling loose cigarettesContinue reading “We’re tired. We’d like to not be dead.”