Five months ago: In Pantsuit Nation, a black woman posted a thread asking for input from other people of color (POC). It seemed innocuous enough a request. Surely in this liberal sea of white, the melanin-deficient progressives would allow the POC one lousy post without intrusion, right? Wrong. Angry white commenters hijacked and derailed the post, accusing the black woman of everything from racism to “separation politics.” Clambering at the opportunity to chime in (because I also felt the pain of being silenced while white), I rushed to her defense, asking my own skinfolk to sit out one solitary post directed at, and for, POC. Serendipitously, a black woman replied to me and asked if I wanted to become a member of an intersectional feminist group led by WOC (women of color) and for WOC. Heck yes, I wanted to join because I was not a racist???—???not this white woman. That is how I found myself in a WOC-led, intersectional feminism group???—???a group to which I still belong.
The holy trinity: The story, The Ecosystem and The Museum Organization
The brand new book Museums and the Challenge of Change has been published at a time when museums are perhaps more than ever discussing the need…