A Group of Moms in Oregon Took to the Streets to Form a Wall of Moms Around Peaceful Protesters Being Singled Out Federal Police Officers
“Feds stay clear! Moms are here!”
Amidst protests denouncing racism and police brutality across the nation, a mother named Lauryn Whitney has asked a groundbreaking question: “When did my baby become a threat?”
I’ve been a communication professor for 9 years, and one of my favorite courses to teach is Intercultural Communication. During the first week of class, I open a conversation about culture and race by asking my students to discuss their racial identity. As we make our way around the room, what tends to happen is my white students get noticeably uncomfortable when I ask, “What is your race, and what does it mean to you?” It is tough for them to say, “I am white,” and even daunting to discuss what their whiteness means to them.
When you first have kids, you read all the books (or not) on what to expect, and as you raise them, you talk to other parents and compare notes on milestones and mood swings, techniques, and terrible twos and more.
Daniel Thorson asked his Twitter followers “Did I miss anything?” after living life in a remote cabin in Vermont for a three-month-long silent retreat according to The New York Times — and boy did he miss a lot.