by Starlette Thomas | Oct 20, 2025 | Opinion
“You have to work twice as hard to get half as far.” It is a truism shared with African American children in preparation for the unfair reality of a white supremacist society. Based on their experiences, the elders hoped to spare us the disappointing discovery that...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 28, 2025 | Opinion
“You know better.” How many times did we hear this as children and how many times have we said this to our own? It is a call to shape up and get our act together. It is a call upon our memory, a demand made of our conscience. It is a comparative claim. The behavior we...
