A Letter to my black sister
By Anya Deepak, WEN board member
I bought the books
I watched the TED talks
I wrote and wrote in the journals; and
I re-read the blogs
I reposted the protests
I painted BLM on my tee
I took every JEDI training
So from your perspective I could see
I knew in my brain all the
Right things to write and say
I learnt the woke-abulary by rote
Kendi by night; DiAngelo by day
I felt your pain and anger
I spoke for you often
I consumed your music and ebonics
Immersion 101
Black lives rhetoric
At the dinner table
Stories flow like
Dr. Seuss’s fable
But I am no Lorax
And you are no tree
It is just that I need
That you too be free
For your liberation
is bound up with mine
And that, dear sister,
is life’s punchline.
Resources:
Being an actor, ally or accomplice
How to call out racial injustice at work?
Brené Brown talking to Ibram X. Kendi
Racial Equity and Environmentalism: List of Resources
Anti Racism Resources
Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
