Understanding Networks of Fear: A Compassionate Approach to Social Justice Education
Many of you may be familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Developed in the 1940s, it is a theory of psychology that models human needs …
Category: Crafted For All Commentary
I am STILL not the Diversity Police
Some thoughts on the Division of Labor in Activism and Advocacy in Craft Beer There are few things that communicate as much and as ambiguously …
Yes, it’s a lot. I’m asking you to think
Reflections on my first year as the craft beer industry’s first Diversity Ambassador Actually, it’s only been eight months since I was named the Brewers Association’s …
I am not the diversity police
A post factum explanation “I’m not the diversity police. I’m the diversity ambassador.” Though I had said this a number of times since late April, …
We All Want to Diversify Craft Beer: The Question is, “How?”
So I have charged out of the gate with a gross overstatement. That’s par for the course in the clickbait era, right? Following up that overstatement …
The Unbearable Whiteness of Brewing Part 2 – Playing Golf, Making Sailboats, Starting Microbreweries, and Other Things White Dudes Do for Fun: The Microbrew Revolution as Entrepreneurial Leisure
A funny thing happened in the middle of writing this series…a twisted and convoluted series of unimaginable events. I have started referring to them as …
The Unbearable Whiteness of Brewing, Part 1: Paper Bags, 40 oz Bottles, & Malt Liquor Sub-Brands. How Big Beer helped to Define Black Beer Culture
I’d like to begin Part I by recommending that you read the Introduction. Not only will it tell you something about the inspiration for the …
The Unbearable Whiteness of Brewing: An Introduction of Sorts
I’d like to begin by giving a nod to Josh Smicker, who is responsible for the truly epic play on Milan Kundera’s classic work that …