Race & Diversity Archive

I’m not going to the women’s march on Saturday. I didn’t watch the inauguration. I did end up reading POTUS45’s annotated speech online on NPR. I did talk with my daughter this morning that our sleeves are going to have to stay permanently rolled ...Read More

Dear President Obama and First Lady, I am going to miss you terribly. This past year has been a slow and constant mourning for the presidential era that you ushered in eight years ago. You were the first Black President for this country. I ...Read More

“Do you really want to stay with all the crazy people?” Those words still echo with me to this day because I wanted to scream out, “Yes! I need help and I don’t think you can help me.” The person who said those words ...Read More

“Women have been having babies for a long time, so you don’t need to worry,” is what my obstetrician said to me when I went it for my first appointment. I was probably asking a lot of questions and seemed more concerned than his ...Read More