The writers in this series discuss a range of topics, from dealing with everyday racism and growing up impoverished and food insecure to living with a widely misunderstood mental health disorder, and more.
I was raised to expect the best from the United States because the founders demanded it, but I also learned that America can enslave, rape, exploit, and disappoint.
I don’t harbor fantasies of being free myself. A free world for Black people must be created from scratch and, even in a best-case scenario, there will be no place for me once that bitter and bloody work is done.
My mother has experienced what I have only feared for the over 20 years we have been in the U.S. She lives being separated from her family—unable to see her parents.
Medical experts have advised Americans to spend time outdoors, practice social distancing, wash and sanitize their hands, avoid large crowds, and limit contact with people outside of their household.