That Day a Black Teenager Saved a KKK Member From an Angry Mob
Keshia Thomas Black Teenager Saves KKK member from angry mob. I knew what it was like to be hurt. The many times that that happened, I wish someone would have stood up for me.
Spammers, Hate Mail and Online Bullies: What You Can Do About Them
I don't know if you've noticed, but the internet has given a lot of cowards a false sense of bravery. Which is I guess why they've been granted so many complimentary nicknames: spammers, bullies...trolls.
That Day a Stranger Folded YOUR Laundry
My laundry had been occupying two big dryers in the building’s basement laundry room all afternoon while I ran errands and juggled conference calls. But instead of finding it piled in a heap on a bench, as usually happens when another tenant is impatient for dryer space, I saw an older woman serenely folding my towels, sheets and underwear.
5 Lies You’ve Been Told About the Poor
1. Anyone who works hard enough in America will have a great life. And if you don't have a great life, then you lack the will, integrity or intelligence to succeed.
2. The poor are unemployed.
3. Poor equals black.
4. The poor refuse to work.
5. Education necessarily remedies poverty.
Scary Mommy: When Quinoa Comes Between You and Humanity
And there it is. A subtle showing of our sometimes unknown biases, lurking beneath the surface.
A light cast on the small stretch of space between "I'm an educated, sophisticated consumer who chooses healthy foods for our family" to "I look down on those who aren't." Read more about what we miss when we casually drop the phrase "those people" into conversation