By Sharon Brous — 2020
The last few weeks have made it impossible to hide from the truth that Black and white people have fundamentally different experiences with law enforcement in this country.
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“You’re always communicating about race, whether you talk about it or not.”
“I just didn’t want them to stress and not be afraid to go to school. The less they knew, the better it was.”
Above all else, you will begin to love the person you see in the mirror every day. The false perception of victimhood will fall away, and the victorious nature of life and living will become your new way of operating in the world.