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- Favorite anti-racist inspiration:
- In my twenties (quite a while ago) I was working next door to a place called Clergy and Laity Concerned, and our agency got to participate in a lot of anti-racism activism with them and with their help. One of the women there, an African American woman named Sharon, told me a story about running into a white social worker who had told her that he was taking a break from anti-racism work for a while. She said "I can't take a break from being black".
- About Me:
- I'm from a German/French background, came over to America as white servants I'm told. Child of working/middle class Oklahoma parents who moved around the country as I was growing up. Growing up part of the time in Hawaii taught me about multi-cultural living. You're more likely to find me eating at L and L Hawaiian BarBQue than Lovely Hula Hands. I'm always learning. Had the privilege of getting lots of training and experience in "unlearning racism", "white activism for anti-racism", etc in the 80s and carried through the message to teaching, therapy, my own development. Over time, I have developed a pretty rich appreciation for my own ethnic identity, class and culture as well as for the varieties of class, race and culture that surround me. I love ethnography. I love bell hooks, Lorraine Guitierrez and life. I currently am a therapist for both "regular" people and "animal people", people who have deep relationships with pets.
- Website:
- http://www.katedavismsw.net
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