We need umbrellas, white privilege (Part 3)

Heart-shaped puddle reflecting the sky

As a white person I know that I am at the epicenter and source of racism. I am not looking at it from the outside as it unfolds. It is time for me and many others to act accordingly! This is not to say that none of us was aware of this before, but at least for me the time of reading books and learning about it as if it was someone else's problem is definitely over.

Intersectionality, white privilege (Part 2)

Knowing the name of someone who is oppressed does not create immediate radical change. Yet knowing names and stories of victims of violence reminds you that what you see and have learnt has been produced from the perspective of the perpetrator. To challenge the status quo we need to understand it and see it for what it is: ridden with injustice.