Blog Posts
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I Will Die Before You
Lace on Race Medical Disparities and Elijah Cummings I Will Die Before You Part 1 I have been both incredibly gratified, and incredibly activated, with the new focus on disparities in health care by the media. The conversation began bubbling up when Serena Williams almost died because of inadequate care when she birthed a child,…
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Onboarding Community Part 1
Consider these Onboarding posts complimentary to our Relational Ethics series. While their function is to help newcomers acclimate, they will also be profitable for anyone in the space, regardless of time spent. All of the information and guidelines we will be sharing apply equally to everyone, regardless of tenure, how one identifies racially/ethnically, contribution level…
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Relational Ethics Series: Introduction to Terry Real
Here is a query: Are you a corrective experience or are you secondary trauma? There is a meme that has gone around more than once since I’ve been on Facebook. I’d seen it before, and I always thought it was a good touchstone for how I walked in the world. It’s this: “Be the person…
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Relational Ethics Series: On Being with Ruby Sales
This is short, but powerful. This is about ‘circling back’ to what Krista and Ruby call religion, but it can also considered to be ‘coming back to our original convictions before life and conditioning stripped them out’–whether the root of those convictions and understandings folds in what we think of as God. The query ‘where…
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Relational Ethics Series: On Being with Padraig
‘Place of Lumpy Crossings’–our new family name How: same as last time; listen to the unedited cut; read the condensed version. Also the same as last time: listen for how Krista meets with and the dynamic she and Padraig work under, and compare and contrast with the other two guests we have heard so far.…
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Relational Ethics Series: Boundaries
Let’s talk about boundaries on two tracks. First, on the issue of boundaries themselves, which we will delve into later on this month, though I am interested in your thoughts now. As well, I want you to place an overlay of race when it comes to the concept of boundaries, particularly when it comes to…
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Relational Ethics Series: On Being with Claudia Rankine
Another audio from On Being, this time with Claudia Rankine. Again, read the transcript, but be sure to listen to the unedited version. I have found that most of the depth is in the unheard cuts. I also want you to really listen for the *dynamic in the exchange itself* between Krista and Claudia. I…
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Relational Ethics Series: On Being with de Button
We are starting with an audio from the On Being radio show. Read the transcript, but listen to the unedited version. This is, like most of what we will be presenting, done with romantic dyadic (two person) relationships in mind. But I feel deeply that the principles usually reserved for couples work well in our…
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The Face of Lace
As a participant in community here at Lace on Race, there are certain assumptions you are likely bringing to the table that we need to discuss. A website garners different interactions than other media outlets, like Facebook and Twitter. In order for you to fully grapple with the content here, in a way that will…