What an interesting time to be alive. From the perspective of someone practicing in this space, I am feeling the pain. My heart is breaking and aching for my exhausted Black brothers and sisters. On a positive note, to see this global response taking hold, to see silent players actually naming something ( and you can believe that even if it’s only performative allyship, if you’ve made a statement in recent days, there will be voices that will hold your feet to the fire to make sure your walk lines up with your talk). Anti-Racist booklists are popping up everywhere and the one good piece of news I see is that White people are paying for Black and racialized expertise at an unprecedented rate as they wake up from their White supremacy slumber.

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