stuff white people do

Other work is calling me away from effective management of this blog, so I'm going to take a break.
Many thank-yous to the uncountable readers, commenters, emailers, and guest posters of swpd. I've learned much more than I can say about the insidious tenacity of de facto white supremacy -- the pain it causes non-white people, and the common tendencies...

It's Friday! How about some music?
Here's a video by Jasiri X called "What if the Tea Party was Black" (lyrics below).
Got any other anti-racist music to recommend in the comments?

This is a guest post by Joanna, who blogs at My Name is JuJuBe. She's wondering just where the lines are for white people between "appropriation" and something like, "respectful appreciation."
I have a question that I would love to hear some feed back about. I recently read a book called Culture Bandits, by Del Jones, about the appropriation of African cultural images and traditions by white people....

Sherman Alexie
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