Spiritual Commodities in a Capitalist Market
A Jewish friend commented that she thinks of me as someone who is spiritual and told me she is surprised that we could be friends because she is not at all spiritual nor religious. So I am wondering why I am perceived as a spiritual person as I do not often speak or write about my spiritual practice. In fact, I was once challenged by a friend: Leny, why don’t you ever write about your spiritual practice? In my published works about decolonization, I always include in my narra
Undoing Whiteness Inside a Marriage
As I made my way to a national conference to do a workshop on Decolonization recently, I mentioned this to my 12-year old grandson and I asked him if he knew what this word means. To be free? he asked. Yes, I said, to be free from oppression. When I embarked on doing my doctorate on the topic of decolonization two decades ago, a faculty member said that I can’t possibly do this project because she said there is no way to undo 500 years of history. She is referring to the colo
