I went to two workshops and panel discussion. The workshops where very informative to me. I don’t want do give you too much to think about, so I’m not going to get deep into what I learned about. Instead, I want you to spend a while (5 minutes to the rest of your life) thinking about the question I’m about to ask you. Think about it in solid concrete terms. Talk about it with another person. Seriously. At least five minutes of serious thought. Then click more.

What does it mean to be White?

Perhaps this question is aimed at White people, but I think if you spend five minutes saying it out loud will be useful to any American. I got this prompt from Eriel Deranger in the workshop she was leading as part of Western’s A CHANGE OF COURSE series focusing on the intersection of environment, decolonization, and indigenous peoples. She got the prompt from a female scholar who studied how Whites and non-Whites reacted to and answered this question.