Here's What I Need from White People Right Now, Adele Halliday
Adele Halliday. (Photo: Michael Erdelyi)
What I need from white people right now. It’s way past time to confront anti-Black racism
By Adele Halliday, Broadview Magazine, June 3, 2020
Some of you may know me — as a General Council Office staff person, an anti-racism educator, a writer, a parent, a theologically trained layperson, or a lifelong Christian. I am all of these things, and more.
But today I write as a Black Canadian.
The events of the past few weeks have been deeply traumatizing. I have been cycling through three main emotions – intense anger, immense exhaustion and deep pain. These emotions are not new to me – they are part of what it means to live in a Black body with the reality of racial injustice.
“I’ve been reminded yet again that just having Black skin may be my cause of death. ”