Privilege and My 100th Blog Post

This is the 100th post here at Adventures of a Dreaming Ace. So far, we sure have gone on an adventure exploring lighter topics such as fandom and conventions, and heavier topics such as identity, responding to national tradgies, and currently how to work towards creating an anti-racist world.

This is an accomplishment and I am thankful for everyone who follows this blog regularly or who has popped over to say hi occasionally.

While I am looking forward to seeing what the next chapter of this blog is going to look like (Posts on topics such as pride and the importance of being involved with local politics are already planned during this summer series) celebrating also feels like a form of privilege when we still live in a country where people need to be reminded #BlackLivesMatter, #BlackTransLivesMatter, #BlackQueerLivesMatter.

So in honor of my 100th Blog post

Commit to consuming media (books, TV shows, Movies, Ted Talks, Music) created by black artists, writers, and creators

Commit to studying the tragic and often racist histories of your own communities and organizations, and sit with what has been done historically. (And note if you can not find information on these topics know that is also an expression of racism erasing the history of blacks accomplishments and erasing the history of what has occurred to black communities by others) Racism has been interwoven into our communities for a long long time through policies and procedures and attitudes, it has not appeared overnight and it won't be removed overnight.

Commit to listening to the experiences of blacks in America. (Listening not judging or trying to solve the problem, or thinking you know better about the issue than they do)

Commit to donating money or time or resources to black-run organizations, businesses, and non-profits.