Human Rights, Race Relations, Social Commentary How White Americans Are Erasing Themselves With the One-Drop Rule 6th January 20222nd January 2022by Alexis Chateau18 Comments on How White Americans Are Erasing Themselves With the One-Drop Rule The one-drop rule has worked better than White Americans originally hoped it would.
Human Rights, Journal, Race Relations, Social Commentary White Racism | The Exclusivity of White Freedom 20th March 202112th December 2021by Alexis Chateau52 Comments on White Racism | The Exclusivity of White Freedom Freedom feels very much exclusive to White people in America. The rest of us are just on borrowed time.
Human Rights, Social Commentary, Travel, Women's Rights Vlog | Is It Safe for Women to Travel to the Maldives Alone? 27th January 202110th July 2022by Alexis Chateau7 Comments on Vlog | Is It Safe for Women to Travel to the Maldives Alone? I travelled alone to Rasdhoo Island for two weeks, in 2019. It is the safest I have ever felt in a foreign destination.
Camp Xaymaca, Human Rights, Politics, Race Relations, Social Commentary, Travel Black Travel Questions | What’s It Like Living Among Republican Retirees? 16th January 202127th February 2021by Alexis Chateau34 Comments on Black Travel Questions | What’s It Like Living Among Republican Retirees? May I never live to be this bitter. This hateful.
Camp Xaymaca, Human Rights, Journal, Politics, Race Relations, Social Commentary, Travel Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble | Flag Wars With the Confederacy in Arizona 5th December 202012th December 2021by Alexis Chateau52 Comments on Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble | Flag Wars With the Confederacy in Arizona Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.— Martin Luther King
Human Rights, Social Commentary, Women's Rights What Does Feminism Mean To You? 12th September 202012th December 2021by Alexis Chateau29 Comments on What Does Feminism Mean To You? Feminism is not a religion or institution with oaths for swearing each person in. It's an ideology and a movement.
Human Rights, Journal, Politics, Social Commentary What It’s Like To Live in Redneck Georgia During a Pandemic 18th July 202012th December 2021by Alexis Chateau82 Comments on What It’s Like To Live in Redneck Georgia During a Pandemic I'm still making plans to get the hell out of Georgia and into a state where politicians make sensible decisions based on science.
Human Rights, Politics, Race Relations, Social Commentary, Women's Rights What’s It Really Like to be White and Privileged? People Share Their Stories With Me on Twitter. 27th June 202012th December 2021by Alexis Chateau27 Comments on What’s It Really Like to be White and Privileged? People Share Their Stories With Me on Twitter. Let me start this post off by saying "White and privileged" is a redundant phrase.
Human Rights, Politics, Race Relations, Social Commentary, Women's Rights Is It Finally Time for Reparations for Slavery? 20th June 202014th November 2022by Alexis Chateau39 Comments on Is It Finally Time for Reparations for Slavery? I think if there was ever a moment in history when monetary reparations could be made, the time is now. But, under this president? Probably not.
Human Rights, Journal, Social Commentary, Women's Rights Some Relationships Can Leave You With a Lifetime of PTSD 13th June 202019th December 2021by Alexis Chateau41 Comments on Some Relationships Can Leave You With a Lifetime of PTSD Here's to another jolly round of PTSD! May it not take another ten years to resolve.