Kerry Connelly Hard to break free It takes an incredibly strong, brave, and independent person to break free from the tribe - to go against the patterns of behavior and the roles you’ve been assigned to…
Kerry Connelly The Birth of the White Empire Most of us - especially those of us who like to think of ourselves as good - sort of cringe at the idea of a white empire. It reeks of…
Kerry Connelly White people in America have trouble noticing when it’s us who are the jerks in the room Here is something I learned in acting school: No bad guy ever wakes up thinking he’s the bad guy. Every villain in any script always thinks he’s got a valid…
Kerry Connelly Progressives in general don’t handle the situation much better As proudly as I adhere to progressive principles and beliefs, I’ll also happily tell you that progressives in general don’t handle the situation much better. We’re quick to vilify conservatives,…
Kerry Connelly America is good Americans are good. In his July 2019 newsletter to his followers, evangelical leader James Dobson described a visit to the southern border of the United States during what can only…
Kerry Connelly Implied hierarchy Let’s take the binary of white/nonwhite - you know, as a totally random example. Whether you’re ready to admit it yet or not, there’s a hierarchy built in there. Everything…
Uncategorized Paradox Paradox is that strange place where two things are true at the same time. Often, the two things seem diametrically opposed. This idea that two things can be true at…
Uncategorized The language we need does not yet exist I want at once to break down the association of “bad = dark” and “good = light” because of the way our stupid human brains will equate this to people…
Kerry Connelly Racist Because I know the R-word freaks everybody out, let’s go about defining it too, because I mean something very specific when I use it. Racism refers to a system…
Kerry Connelly Types of privilege White privilege means that even though your life may not be easy, the color of your skin does not provide additional obstacles to your success. Because privilege is often invisible…
