Tara in Whiter-land: adventures of a brown girl who can't get her head out white theatre's twat

Dear White Supremacy, or rather,  Folx who struggle with white supremacy with me,  Whew! This was a tall cup of tea.   I hope it's not so bitter as to keep you from drinking it with me. This week, we're looking at metabolizing pain caused by WS. - Tara **************** This week's list of offerings: 1.  Stark Absence of Information 2.  I am more Valuable to Me than I am to You 3.  Wordless Pain 4.  Positive Pencil Marks 5.  Hurdles of Self Loathing 6. I Am My Body 7.  It Is Love 8.  Be in Relationship With Me 9.  Never Taught to Give an Apology 10.  A Better World for Me ************** STARK ABSENCE OF INFORMATION My own self-knowledgement has still only been acquired in the places/relationships where  white supremacy  did not hold sway.   The only relationships in which I could personally develop were the relationships where I could learn about myself in ways were contradictory to  white suprema...

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 Namin...