Today, it feels odd to hear this question from another white person—and I say white because I’ve only been asked this by white people....

… don’t be fooled by her looks. She’s a 10-year-old child who doesn’t look her age. More often than not, she doesn’t act like it either....

Or, Is There A Doctor On The Plane? Take Two… This was just the second time in over 20 years of traveling together. We were on a plane...

Lately, the question, “what happens when you outgrow people?” just won’t leave me alone. It’s one question among others that have been...

I’m a white woman married to a black man. When we wed, I was naive about the everyday impact of injustice and inequity on our lives. I...

I hope we never meet again. Let me start by saying, this might sound strange, or maybe not surprising to some, but my race hasn’t always...

I’m standing in the church of my childhood, the night before my wedding. My friend, a member of the wedding party here to help with...

I lean back in the reclining exam chair, the white, coarse paper beneath me crinkling at the slightest movement. The nurse reviews my...

You don’t dress up to go to the ER. Imagine this: A man strolls into the hospital's emergency room in the wee hours of the morning,...