Who are we protecting?

I was in Mexico earlier this year with family, and we benefited from the regional knowledge and good humour of David, a local guide.  Sure, there was one trip to a colonial city and nearby volcano that had me wishing hard that David would, please, stop talking about salt. (Seriously: that guy knew a lot about salt, and he …

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Managing fragility in 17 easy steps

It’s all well and good to have the theoretical understanding that systemic racism exists, and to be enthusiastic about reading How to Be an Antiracist with your office book club. But actually dealing with race-related feedback might be a whole other thing.  As a part-time university instructor, I recently received feedback from the winter semester (don’t get …

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