by Drick Boyd | Apr 28, 2021 | Featured
(Adapted from my book Disrupting Whiteness: Talking to White People About Racism0 The Hidden Wound In the wake of the Derek Chauvin trial there has been a great deal of speculation and prognostication that Chauvin’s guilty verdict might signal a shift in the public’s...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is the third in a series of postings where I share some thoughts on how to talk with the whites in our families, workplaces, organizations and social networks about the difficult topic of race. I don’t claim to be an “expert” on the topic, but rather am one...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
One of the things I noticed a lot while Kenya was the way white privilege was manifested in that independent African country. When we arrived in Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi, I noticed that Africans, Asians and others had to open their bags to get through the...
by Drick Boyd | Oct 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
On the first Thursday morning of every month I participate in a multi-racial, multi-faith discussion group on race called NewCORE (New Conversations on Race and Ethnicity), an organization founded eight years ago after then-Senator Barack Obama’ landmark speech...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
“He’s a walking contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction” – Kris Kristofferson “The Pilgrim”Recently, I came across an open letter written by Asian-American Activist Kil Ja Kim entitled “The White Anti-Racist is an Oxymoron.” I encourage you to read it for...
