Mar 23, 20206 min readWriting the Self Analysis: Looking for Normative Narrativesi) Normative Narratives In the blog posts I have selected in addition to my own, being Amberlee and Jenna's posts, there are very similar...
Feb 27, 20202 min readReading Response 3White identity is brought into structural and systemic racism in the sense that people tend to believe being labelled as a white...
Feb 24, 20202 min readWriting the Self 4: Taking Care Like a LadyI clip my hair back out of my face with one of my trusted black hair claws, or my “mom clip” as my roommate calls it. Reaching down and...
Feb 10, 20203 min readWriting the Self 3: A First Time Encounter It is such a beautifully warm and sunny afternoon in Saskatoon today I think to myself as I walk alongside my auntie. I have always loved...
Jan 28, 20203 min readWriting the Self 2: My Unknown Advantage The year is 2016, I look at my phone in bewilderment and discomfort as there is a video of yet another African American man being shot by...
Jan 14, 20203 min readWriting the Self 1: Maple GoodnessThrowing on my bright pink coat, I race out to the front doors of my mom’s apartment building holding a small plastic bowl, allowing the...