Lucy Coleman and the Power of Proximity: When White Allyship Meant Showing Up and Staying
Introduction: The Problem with Performative Allyship The piece opens with a sharp critique of performative white abolitionism—a necessary lens. In much of 19th-century America, white abolitionists were often self-congratulatory, more invested in the moral currency of appearing just than in the real cost of justice. But Lucy Coleman is lifted from that sea of hypocrisy […]