Essays reprinted from the website Black girl dangerous.
Contents:
How to be black in America : a (relatively) short list. You mad yet? On the murder of Trayvon Martin and the question of tipping points -- Dangerous -- Love, QPOC style -- 8 ways not to be an "ally" : a non-comprehensive list -- Bacon-wrapped donuts and racism : my exclusive interview with Paula Deen -- White silence -- White silence : a follow-up -- A few words on "accidental" racism and forgetting -- 5 tips for slightly less dysfunctional QPOC community -- "Whack jobs" are not the problem : you are -- Resistance is the secret of queer joy -- 10 things us queers (and the rest of y'all) can do today -- To grow a little -- How to know if you are white -- 9 queers who won't survive the apocalypse -- Read a book! Or, why I don't talk to strange white people about race -- The white-skinned elephant in the room -- The thing about being a little black girl in the world : for Quvenzhané Wallis -- On getting free -- Hey white liberals : a word on the Boston bombings, the suffering of white children, and the erosion of empathy -- An open love letter to folks of color -- The myth of shared womanhood and how it perpetuates inequality -- 4 ways to push back against your privilege -- To the queer black kids -- How to be a reverse-racist : a step-by-step list for oppressing white people -- Calling in a queer debt -- Am I a bully? One angry black woman's reflection -- No more 'allies' -- On defending Beyoncé : black feminists, white feminists, and the line in the sand -- On Colbert and white radical satire : we don't need it -- Six things you're probably doing to further inequality -- How to be black in America : a (relatively) short list.
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