“You voted for Trump?!” That’s what a fourth grader said to me as she marched up to my desk yesterday. “No, I didn’t!” “Yes, you did. Tennessee voted for Trump. Now, he’s going to be President,” she said. I looked at the disgust/fear painted on her face and took a deep breath as I tried to explain the Electoral College. After two minutes, I succeeded in convincing her … [Read more...]
{Open Letter} 6 Things I Want my Little Brown Children to Know
My heart has been heavy over the state of our little brown children lately. I've started and stopped writing about this McKinney incident several times for different reasons. What can I say that hasn't been said? How can I explain this to my babies? What if this happened to my babies (I probably wouldn't be writing this right now if it was)? How can I protect them? While I … [Read more...]