"Even when beer does support Black individuals, it frequently presents only the most polished and seamlessly assimilated Black folks as valuable to the industry." https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2020/8/10/the-time-is-now-part-two-why-beers-culture-and-workplace-practices-must-change">https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2020...

I think quite a lot about this, as someone who is conspicuously "palatable to white people," and whose cultural assimilation has resulted the amassing of significant educational privilege and a series of gilded platforms from which to efficiently play the part of the token.

I& #39;ve struggled mightily with how to reconcile the work, the realities of power and privilege, the pursuit of efficacy, higher ideals and a lifetime of being told in no uncertain terms that I am not "black enough" and will, of course, never be white.

I believe that privilege is a responsibility and my own privilege is something I know that I navigate unsuccessfully much of the time. I& #39;m trying, though. I& #39;m not sure "try" means much in the larger calculus of activism and advocacy, but it& #39;s a place to grow from.

Lots of listening and reflecting to do...