Best of N.A.H. June 2020
On the 1st of each month, I share links to some of the best posts from my blog, Notes from an Aspiring Humanitarian.
Here are links to selected notes from June 2020.
Representation Matters in Social Work: We Need More Black Therapists
“Are we monolithic? No. Do we need more Black therapists? Yes.
Must practitioners always share the same identities of the people they support? No. Are understanding identities and their connection to power, privilege and oppression in relation to others important? Yes. Do we need more Black therapists? Yes.”
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You Deserve Better. White Friends Who Need Disclaimers in the Fight for Racial Justice Are Not Truly Your Friends
“If your friendships with the white people in your life require your silence, if the glue that holds those relationships together is predicated on the assumption that you will never hold them accountable for the ways they are complicit with white supremacy, then those “friendships” are no friendships at all, as those relationships do not allow you to be seen as your full self. You deserve better.”
Read more of You Deserve Better. White Friends Who Need Disclaimers in the Fight for Racial Justice Are Not Truly Your Friends
Juneteenth
“Woke up and ate some Black toast
Washed my face with some Black soap
Checked the calendar said 2020
and times still hard for us Black folks
No time for no fake friends
I am not your “safe” friend
If you was really doin’ yo work friend
Then you’d know that we ain’t really safe “friend”
No calls texts or emails
Don’t slide in my DMs
I won’t share your workload
I am not in work mode today
No
Cause it’s Juneteenth
Yes Juneteenth
and you can spoon-feed yo’ self today.
Cause it’s Juneteenth
Yes Juneteenth
and I ain’t doin’ no work today.”
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Check out the June 2020 archives for more notes from that month. Visit The Best Of N.A.H. page to find more of my personal favorites.
From Aspiring Humanitarian, Relando Thompkins-Jones
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