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Brent Campbell was just working out to stay in shape for the UNC Wilmington track team when he heard shouting. He looked up to find a pickup truck had stopped … Continue reading Inspired News: Racism Meets Its Match
I think shopping is her love language, especially when it is spoken in the dialect of shoes. We both needed shoes, so we braved the chaos of the mall on … Continue reading You Are The Sky; I Am The Sun
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/transracial-adoption-america-today/story?id=9914150 Transracial Adoption Can Provide a Loving Family and an Identity Struggle Black Children in White Families Try to Find Their Place In Society By RON CLAIBORNE and HANNA SIEGEL … Continue reading ABC Article on Transracial Adoption
I have had a tough week. My husband has been working non-stop; there have been lots of really heavy kid issues. There was a dead mouse stuck to the intake … Continue reading The Motivation for Racism
“….we have kept going with the faith that as we struggle, God struggles with us, and that the arc of the moral universe, although long, is bending toward justice…..We have … Continue reading Where My Bookmark Is Resting
As far back as anyone remembers, the roots of my family tree run deep in the red clay of Mississippi soil. My Mom and Dad were among the first and … Continue reading Going Home and Unraveling the Veil
Last night I was up late cornrowing my middle daughter’s hair. It is an activity usually reserved for Saturdays, but daily time spent in the pool had taken its toll … Continue reading Black, White and the Cornrow Inbetween
Kimberly Smith, Executive Director of Make Way Partners, and Larry Warren, Director of African Leadership were unlikely tourists. They were touring The Sudan. Their purpose however, was not sightseeing. They … Continue reading The Price of Peace
James turned his back on Kenya and the promise of opportunity, security and relative comfort in the United States to return home to the suffering of Sudan. He went without … Continue reading The Return of Sudan’s Son
Kenya is largely responsible for tracking Sudanese refugees and helping them apply to either the United States of America, Great Britain or Australia for refugee asylum. During the period of … Continue reading Destiny
I once met a young man who was a new immigrant to the United States of America. The impoverished conditions of the homeland he loved had driven him to seek … Continue reading Carried on the Winds of War
Yesterday was a pretty good day….then my kids got off the bus. Now, don’t throw anything at me. I am without fail, waiting with a smile and a “Welcome home! I … Continue reading Sand in Their Hair and Hope in My Heart