CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER WHITE PERSON, Part 2. Lessons In Naming: Rejection and Boundaries are Integral
Dear WS, Here are REAL lessons from a lifetime of experience with White Supremacy. I have been writing fervently about my life as a brown girl raised by a white family in a white-centered culture and professional environment. I am naming all the ways that White Supremacy (sometimes referred to in my writing as WS, and sometimes addressed in place of the audience who is also steeped in white supremacy, so why not?) has taught me to be in the world, the ways that I have realized were never for my benefit, but for it's own. Through a cunning use of lesson reversal, I am naming not only the ill that we need to defeat, but also the practices and mindfulness that must be cultivated to defeat WS in your anti-racist life. Though I am not addressing White Theatre directly here, know that each and every lesson has proven itself to me time and again in our American theatre industry. Take note. These lessons, dear reader, are my gift to you. Love, Tara ***** Lessons in Naming: 1. Please b