

Ilsa Govan & Tilman Smith
- Apr 15, 2022
The Myth of White Women’s Innocence: A Pilar of White Supremacy
When we published our book, we knew the cover and title would be provocative. By juxtaposing a blonde, blue eyed, white woman next to the words, “What’s Up with White Women?” we directly challenged the myth of white women’s innocence. What we didn’t anticipate, due to our own internalized sense of innocence, was the vitriolic reaction to our cover. In addition to a few angry emails and social media posts, we also had white male radio hosts throughout the country who weren’t w
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Kenzie Gandy
- Apr 11, 2022
Leesa Manion for King County Prosecutor
We've known you for a long time through racial equity work. Tell us about how your commitment to racial justice influenced you in wanting to run for Prosecuting Attorney. Our criminal justice system was conceived of and built by a subset of our population: wealthy, white, cisgender men. These men’s perspectives are limited to their heterogeneous experience and so the system they built fails to account for the differences so many of us embody every day. I will be the first wom
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