It is one thing for me, a white person, to write about Black History, but I do so without having the personal experience of growing up Black, not having the true context of what it meant to grow up and live in a world where you were often mistreated and abused, where opportunities afforded to others did not apply to you simply because of the colour of your skin. So, when I came upon one writer’s personal essay, I was deeply moved, as I believe you will be. The following essay was published Sunday in the New York Times by Esau McCaulley, an author and a professor at Wheaton College in Illinois.
Black History Month Is About Seeing America Clearly
A woman who was born into enslavement in Alabama.Credit…Jack Delano/Getty Images
Feb. 20, 2022
Contributing Opinion Writer
Growing up, I didn’t know anyone who did the kinds…
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