http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net Helping White people fight White Supremacy Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:24:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In 2006, inspired by Racialicous, I put up a post of the top trends in race and racism for 2006. Given the popularity of that post, and the general enjoyment I get from discussing folks' perceptions of trends, I figured I would make a list again this year. Here is ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2008/2007-the-year-in-race-ethnicity-and-racism-the-top-10-list-of-the-most-fashionable-racial-trends/ Eric Stoller has published the 19th Erase Racism Carnival full of great posts. Go check it out! The Erase Racism Carnival is a roaming carnival that is published on the 20th of each month. Next month's carnival will be hosted by Present Progressive Mood. You should submit your ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2007/19th-erase-racism-carnival/ I was sorting through some old papers the other day and found a sheet of paper from the Gay and Lesbian Action Council that is about a decade old called "Qualities of a GLBT Ally." I was reading through it and realized that such a list would be a ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2007/qualities-of-an-ally/ Charles has posted the 18th Erase Racism Carnival over at Kill Bigotry! As usual we have great submissions. Here is the schedule for the next 3 months. January is still open if anyone is interested in hosting. For more information about the carnival, check out the carnival's home page at Ally ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2007/erase-racism-is-up-at-kill-bigotry/ While maybe not as jolting as nooses in trees, Resist Racism has a good post up about a pervasive problem that can really shed the light on racism and White Supremacy. The post is called Mistaken Identity and talks about the common experience of White people mistaking people of ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2007/mistaken-identity/ This month's Erase Racism Carnival will be held at Kill Bigotry! Submissions are due on Oct. 17th, and the carnival goes up around the 20th. If you want to submit an article you can go here. For more information about the Carnival, You can check out the Carnival Homepage at ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2007/erase-racism-carnival-will-be-held-at-kill-bigotry/ The Carnival is really growing, and Susan has managed to piece together a long list of posts for this month. Go check out the posts! Next month's Carnival will be held over at Kill Bigotry, and in November the Carnival will be at Eric Stoller's place. If you are interested in ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2007/erase-racism-carnival-is-up-at-reading-writing-and-living/ This month's Carnival will be held at Reading, Writing, and Living.  Due to some computer difficulties it's going up a little late, so if you haven't already submitted a post, there is still time.  It's going up on the 27th, so you need to have posts in by the 25th. You ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2007/deadline-extended-for-erase-racism-carnival/ Editor's Note: I don't often share very personal stories, but I think there is something instructive in this story, so I am prepared to deal with the blowback. I remember an argument I had with my mother a few years back. I had brought my boyfriend, a black man, who I ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2007/some-of-my-best-friends-and-family-are-racists/ This month's Carnival will be held at Reading, Writing, and Living. The Erase Racism Carnival is a collection of blog posts dedicated to creating a world free of racism. The Carnival is published around the 20th of every month. If you would like to submit a post written by you or someone ... http://allywork.solidaritydesign.net/2007/september-erase-racism-carnival/