From Fractured Self to Wholeness: The Personal Made Political Through the Spiritual
The Analysis In the sixth and seventh sections of This Bridge We Call Home, four essayists, two of whom are the editors, discuss the...
Keeping Others From Doing the Othering: Awareness Leads to Change
“It wasn’t the white skin that I hated, but it was their culture of deceit, greed, racism, and violence,” Barbara Cameron says in “Gee,...
Othering in Native American, Arab American, and Transgender American Lives: Creating Awareness to F
“Mrs. Childree, how’s this situation for my monologue?” asked a white male student dressed in Wrangler’s and a camouflage shirt. He...
These Thoughts Remain Fragments: Piecing Together a Feminism in the Flesh
Fragments. Pieces. Ripped. Torn asunder. Melted in the fire of labels, of racism, of complexity, of misunderstanding. Pieces shed one...
The Heart of Darkness: This Bridge to Awareness
It is a powerful calling, this Darkness. It lulls. It is a siren song, sounding so sweetly yet so deadly. I cannot keep my head up. It is...
Who Am I? Whom Do I Look Like?
No one wants additional homework, especially not when already teaching and grading high school essays. So I dutifully submitted my...
To Hell with the Box! Seeing Ourselves and Each Other
Never judge a book by its cover is a statement I often cite to my high school students to get them to at least open a book and see what...
Since Everyone Knows My Customs, Why Bother? Creating a Quilted Community
I am not at the intersection of race, gender, and sexual identity. I am a white, middle-class heterosexual, married to her first (and...