Dear white people: when Black people share our experiences with racism, don't ask us

"What can be done about it?"

We didn't invent racism.

And on some level, many of you know what needs to be done. It just sits outside of your comfort level.

Well, you need to learn to sit with that discomfort, then pose your questions about what needs to be done to other white people. You need to challenge racism within:

* YOUR family members who
are racist (The major holidays
are coming. Time to prepare!)

* Your friends and social
groups

* Your co-workers and
colleagues

* YOURself

Asking Black people to explain the dynamics of racism and to offer solutions, unless they volunteer that information, is asking for them to "educate you" by doing FREE emotional and intellectual labor - and most of us have enough on our plate trying to survive and thrive.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

#racism #antiracism

June Schumann Presents Portland Taiko 30th Anniversary https://youtu.be/J-behtgBLEk?feature=shared via @YouTube

#PortlandTaiko

My poltergeist can beat up your zeitgeist.

#Curmudgeonry

Two extremely easy vegetarian / vegan ways to improve your congee or soup noodle base:

- soak a bunch of good dried shiitake mushrooms in warm water for 4 hours or overnight, keep the mushrooms and put them in anything; use the mushroom water for making congee or soup

- if you drink tea, especially oolong, pu’erh and green tea, see what happens when you put a few leaves in the soup

All pretty standard ways of making soups in Chinese cooking

#Cooking

"I think it's possible to both enjoy the world of 'Harry Potter' and recognize that its creator is really not a nice person, despite the lovely world she's created.I think it's quite reasonable and urgently necessary to guide children through that complexity."

READ: https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/should-your-child-read-harry-potter

I've always wondered about water polo - are horses naturally good swimmers?

#Curmudgeonry