Race

The Reason You Can’t Understand What Black Americans Are Going Through

Why is it that some people can easily grasp what Black Americans experience in the United States and others find it nearly impossible?

For Argument’s Sake

Let’s swap out Black Americans for short-statured people. No average-sized person can fully understand the challenges that we Little People face: the physical challenges of living in a world into which we do not inherently fit.

Hey Clay

Letter No. 3: It’s Not A Small World After All

Hey, Clay!

I have young kids who I am trying to raise to be compassionate and friendly to people they cross paths with, no matter their nationality or physicality. 

When our oldest daughter was still alive and we would take her places in her wheelchair, I was always happy to answer people’s questions about her, the device she used to communicate, and her ability to understand.