Holding the tension: Watching the super bowl with my white family

Holding the tension: Watching the super bowl with my white family

by guest blogger Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft Along with 101 million others, we had the Super Bowl on our television last Sunday.   During the pre-game, I was startled to see the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” performed.   As…

When children encounter racism: A story I grew up hearing

When children encounter racism: A story I grew up hearing

by Sachi Feris When I was little, we almost never talked about race. But there is one story my mom told more than once about her mother, Rose. Though I never met my grandmother Rose, I “remember” her through stories….