Tag: race relations

Guest post: My first contact with the racism virus

Guest post: My first contact with the racism virus

At 9, I had an up-close and personal look at the racial divide. It happened during my family’s trip to a suburban Chicago shopping mall. As we exited a large department store, another child got my attention. He was with his family, too. I wondered if he was just as amazed by being in the 1970s megastructure. But he was amazed by something else. He yelled, “Mommy, look at all the Black people!” I looked to see the people he