Don’t Be an Ally, Be an Accomplice
Real advocacy and comfort rarely go hand in hand
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6 min readNov 13, 2019
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I sometimes introduce myself as a “professional African American” when I travel the country to give ally skills workshops — often while looking out at a sea of white faces.
It’s a joke, of course, but the point is serious. I’m using humor to disarm my audience, and to make some difficult and…