By Bernard Grant — 2021
Just as there is no such thing as a “normal” racial or gender identity, there is no such thing as a “normal” brain.
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While visiting historically Black campuses, I began to reimagine what my college experience could be.
Neurodivergent individuals with dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD have been educated in a system that was ill designed for them to thrive. Therefore, people with these learning differences will display admirable qualities such as problem-solving skills and determination.
Who owns your identity, and how can old ways of thinking be replaced?
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Close to 11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestors don’t even identify as Hispanic or Latino.
To the list of identities Black people in America have assumed or been asked to, we can now add, thanks to this presidential election season, “Obama’s people” and “the African Americans.”