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I Encountered an Officer and Lived to Tell About It

Let me tell y'all what happened today with my new buddy "Jay." I had to drive an hour-and-a-half out of the city to an all-day training in Forsyth, Georgia. While there, my car battery in my 2014 SUV decided that it…

Crossing the Seas for Blacker Soil: No longer an Expat

May 26, 2016
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A little over a year after I moved my family to Asia, I was kickin' it with my daughter on the playground at our expat (short for expatriate; euphemism for foreigner) condominium. I noticed her playing with the other 2/3/4/5/6-year-old…

Why We Must Forgive

February 18, 2014
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I was walking through a parking lot today, and I saw a sign that read, “If reason is on your side, show forgiveness. If justice is on your side, show humility.” At first, it rattled me considering the state of…

A Message to White Privileged People Who Take Offense to “Black Power” Movements

February 18, 2014
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At our nearby park, there is always a nice mix of people from all over the world. Parents, mothers or fathers, accompany their children and watch from a distance while mingling amongst themselves. Usually, everyone finds their “own kind” and…

Wide Awake Part II : The 10 Lessons I’ve Re-Learned About America While Living Abroad

February 17, 2014
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Living abroad automatically enrolls me in an online course of “Race Relations in America in the Presumed Post-Racial Era.” It affords me the invaluable opportunity to see America, my home, from the outside of the bubble. It’s beauty and flaws…