Exquisite Grace: #HowWeValue

This week I was invited to give a talk with a group of first years at the David Geffen School of Drama on Anti-Oppressive Practices At Culturally Specific Organizations. And maybe it was the moment I was in this week or the approaching full moon that was down the pike as I prepared for this. But I landed on discussing the often unspoken thing: that culturally specific institutions perpetuate the same white supremacy culture characteristics as predominantly white institutions. It is almost heartbreaking because it comes from a place of unseen pain compounded by harm, steeped by confusion. However, I also wanted to share how we combat that daily.