As the story has been told and remembered, noting that I’m likely to get this wrong, my maternal grandfather was in the Navy immigrated from Panama to Brooklyn. A lottery was won and the winnings were used to bring my grandmother and her three children to the States. My mother and all her siblings grew up … Continue reading What Should We Be Called

If you’re squeamish about “The N-Word”, part of me wants to tell you to stop reading right now. But the larger part wants me to want you to read this and learn my thoughts on it. Hopefully it affects or influences your thoughts about the aforementioned word in a positive light...