Race 2012: A Conversation About Race & Politics in America
Ya’ll know I’m not a political blogger. Of course I’ve got my opinion and all, and I even delve into race issues every so often. But I was given the opportunity to be one of the bloggers for an...
View ArticleBack To The Future: My Binders Full of Women
I love Halloween. And I don’t mean in the wild-about-zombies kind of way. I just like to dress up and see other people’s costumes. My faves are the homemade ones.I have a friend who makes these crazily...
View ArticleTalking About Race With My Biracial 5-Year-Old
It’s interesting being a parent of biracial children in that like with most things with motherhood, I’m fumbling around in the dark.Digging through my 5-year-old’s backpack, I ran across a worksheet...
View ArticleThe Jackie Robinson movie and a case of deja vu when it comes to change in...
Sitting there with fingers buttery from the popcorn, I watched the new Jackie Robinson movie, “42,” and it struck me how many parallels his rise to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers mirrored Barack Obama’s...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to President Obama
Barack Obama is no longer the president of the United States. That sentence carries a disquieting and heavy truth for many Americans. While putting my 9-year-old to bed last night, I thought it fitting...
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