This is the first post in a four-part series centered on listening to lived experiences with racism.
We are living in a heavy, divided moment—one...
I am going to admit something, I was complicit in my views. I was a HUGE R. Kelly fan, as well as all of...
I have been going to the polls since I can remember. My parents voted before work and made a point of taking my brother...
If you are like the thousands of other white women over the past few months, you have been balancing Zoom book clubs on white...
The conversation rings in my ears long after we hang up. My daughter's principal asked us to return to her school after hours a...
Ms. Dawn Whitehead was my first Black Woman teacher. She was also my first Black teacher and I didn't have her until I was...
For the past week, I have been glued to the television screen as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson prepares to ascend to the highest court...
At what age do you think a child recognizes the differences in skin colors?
At 27 months my youngest was recently playing with Barbie dolls....
Alton Sterling has died. Alton Sterling was shot by a police man, while on the ground. Alton Sterling was Black.
I am a multiracial mom...
Growing up, February was so important to my family because my our roots run deep. All of my grandmother's brothers served in the military...
Dear Stephen E. Beaven III (or as we call you, Trey),
You are by far the most beautiful and amazing baby boy I’ve ever met,...
Keenan Anderson was an educator and a parent, just like me. When I saw his death on social media, my heart felt like it...
“I don’t like dark skin.” These are the exact words said about my 3-year-old black daughter by another child. This is a very personal...
As a Black girl growing up in a predominantly Caucasian suburb, it was clear that I was different. None of my teachers or friends...

























