Kimani Gray, 16 Kendrec McDade, 19 Timothy Russell, 43 Ervin Johnson, 18 Amadou Diallo, 23 Patrick Dorsmond, 26 Ousmane Zongo, 43 Timothy Stansbury Jr., 23 Sean Bell, 23 Orlando Barlow, 28 Aaron Campbell, 25 Victor Steen, 17 Steven Eugene Washington, 27 Alonzo Ashley, 29 Wendell Allen, 20 Ronald Madison, 40 James Brisette, 17 Travares McGill, …
Back when the Man Unit and I were still newlyweds almost sixteen years ago, we were returning from the wedding of a mutual friend and her new husband in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. Not even 10 minutes after returning across the city line and back into Chicago, we encountered what we assumed was a …
I have to confess that whenever I write about race in this space, I feel a pang of momentary discomfort…why, you ask? Because inevitably a reader will tell me either via email or a comment that I am being sensitive, that they don’t see race, all people are equal or some variation of that sentiment. …