A Newbie Ally for the Black Lives Matter Movement

A Haiku for today, and some thoughts

Priviledge lives in me.
I don’t know what I don’t know.
Please help me know it.

I have had my hackles up for years about this. I’ve felt defensive and powerless. I have mistakenly thought that the only thing that would make black people happy…

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Novelist. Poet. Musician. Buddhist. Quilter. Animal lover. Visible grownup. Hidden child. Secret dancer when all alone. Makes good bread.

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Novelist. Poet. Musician. Buddhist. Quilter. Animal lover. Visible grownup. Hidden child. Secret dancer when all alone. Makes good bread.