Ursula Lovely graciously shares her life as a single, black woman existing in a hostile world. Be careful looking through her lenses...there is a responsibility that comes with seeing things as they really are.


6/4/20 
I need to own up to a stupid and ignorant mistake. 

Yesterday I released this new episode with my friend Ursula Lovely. As I was listening to our conversation again I heard myself say twice that there really aren’t any black people in Spokane, it’s a mostly white community. Not only is this very untrue, it was a completely ignorant, insensitive, and blind statement. I’m sorry I said it. 

I don’t really care to try and explain what I was intending to say, or provide additional context, or try to make it seem less ignorant than it was. It was simply careless on my part. 

I’m also not going to edit the episode. I said it, and I believe it is a good reminder to us white folks of how blind we can be...yes, even while we’re talking with our black friends about race. 

In efforts to meet my white fragility head on, I invite anyone to challenge any other points of ignorance I may have expressed and have not yet realized. I will own those too. That is one of the major purposes of the LENSES podcast. 

Ursula, however, was amazing and deeply informing. If you haven’t listened yet, please do.