Using Privilege as Opportunity, Recognizing Privilege as Default
Merry Christmas! I hope that Santa brought you everything you wanted this year. I wrote that greeting because it’s December 25th, and I live in the United State...
Month: December 2016
Make Americans Great Again
Nearly eighty years ago, Glinda the Good Witch told us all how to get back home again: “You don’t need to be helped any longer. You’ve always had the power to g...
How to Be a Proper Ally (Don’t Expect Roses)
I am a white male. I am also a feminist and a black rights comrade. I have something to tell any of my fellow white males who want to join the fight: Don’t expe...
Secant to a Circle
What is the equation of a line that is secant to a circle with radius \(r\) and center \((0,0)\)? This question started as a challenge with a student. She wante...
Overcoming Our Racist Upbringing
I am a white American, born a year after the Detroit riots and a month before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As a child in Pontiac, Michigan, ...