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Racial and Cultural

Working while Black…what that check really costs

May 23, 2017January 10, 2014 by Shay

After talking about it for what seems like forever, I have finally started my new position. Despite the early wake up time and the hellacious commute, I couldn’t be happier. My happiness though is not just in having a new job; my happiness is rooted in the fact that for the first time in eleven …

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Categories Maine, Racial and Cultural 3 Comments

Stop asking people of color to prove that racism still exists…

May 23, 2017December 22, 2013 by Shay

To write is to have words in your soul that matter deeply to you; words that ultimately you hope matter to someone else.  Over the past decade I have been blessed to have my words read by others and I like to imagine that they add something of value to my readers. However as more …

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Categories Racial and Cultural 6 Comments

“Why are you always talking about race?” and prophetic words from over 30 years ago

May 23, 2017November 18, 2013 by Shay

“Why are you always talking about race?” This question was recently posed to me and while I was able to deflect and lighten the mood, the truth is the question annoyed me. We so desperately want to be a post-racial nation when all the evidence suggests that we are nowhere near being post-racial. It will …

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Categories Racial and Cultural, Random babble
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