First Name Basis Podcast
272 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 616 ratingsAs parents, we all want to teach our kids to be inclusive, but how? Join Jasmine Bradshaw each week as she gives you the tools and practical strategies that you need to talk to your children about race, religion, and culture. If you are a parent who values inclusion and wants to teach your children how to truly love those who are different from them, this podcast is for you!
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9.2: Don’t Do THIS During Black History Month
February 01, 2024 08:35 - 23 minutes - 24.9 MBIn case you haven’t noticed yet, I’m passionate about Black History Month. I did not enjoy learning about Black history growing up. It felt more like grieving than celebrating for me, and because of that it’s my dream to make Black History Month a positive experience for ALL children and students. So today, as part of that, I’m talking about 3 mistakes parents and teachers should avoid when talking to kids and students about Black History: 1. Don’t say “because they were Black.” It’s t...
9.1: Let’s Celebrate Black History Month
January 23, 2024 18:20 - 28 minutes - 36.9 MBCan you believe February is right around the corner?! And with it comes BLACK HISTORY MONTH! Celebrating Black History Month is so important for ALL kids, not just Black children, and I created Bite-Sized Black History to help kiddos everywhere be able to learn about Black history in a way that is both meaningful and joyful. In this episode, I’m telling you all about Bite-Sized Black History and including a sample episode for you to check out that is all about singer, actor and activist ...
8.15: Work With Me: First Name Basis
October 25, 2023 07:42 - 29 minutes - 29.7 MBWe’re wrapping up Season 8 with this episode, and it’s got me thinking all about our evolution over the years. From beginning as a tiny Instagram account to starting the podcast, from working with families to working with schools, First Name Basis has grown in ways that is a dream come true! I consult with schools across the country to implement anti-racist education. But as some of you have said, you’re not sure what that would look like, so in this episode, I’m giving all the details of ...
8: We Are Anti-Racist and Anti-Genocide
October 24, 2023 19:16 - 6 minutes - 6.08 MBLike so many of you, I have been all consumed the last few weeks by the events going on in Gaza and the genocide that is being carried out against the Palestinian people. We've put everything on pause at First Name Basis to be able to try to share updates and share actions that we can be taking as a collective to try to support the activists and so many amazing humanitarian workers that are on the ground in Gaza. After having some conversations as a team, we realized that continuing to do ...
8.14: Black and Brown Emojis Are Not a Punch Line
October 10, 2023 07:24 - 16 minutes - 18.3 MBThis episode can be summarized with one sentence: Please stop using Black and Brown emojis if you are not Black or Brown. Skin color is something that should be celebrated, not laughed at, but I have seen people using emojis that don’t match their skin tone time and time again. I think a lot of the time people aren’t intentionally trying to do something racist, but when you peel back the layers you realize that the only reason why doing this could be funny is because of racism, and racis...
8.13: Invisible Lynching and What It Says About the Fight for Justice
October 03, 2023 07:24 - 30 minutes - 31.3 MBTrigger warning: Before you continue reading these show notes or listening to this episode, please be aware that it discusses lynching and white supremacist violence. Lynching is a reality both now and in the past. Yet despite the fact that lynching continues to happen, it took more than 120 years to get an anti-lynching bill passed. In that time, more than 200 iterations of bills that would make lynching a federal crime were introduced and failed to pass over and over again — including...
8.12: Raising Multiracial Children
September 12, 2023 07:03 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBGrowing up as a multiracial child, I often felt my racial identity shifting and developing — heck, even as an adult I do! Navigating what it means to be multiracial continues to be a journey for me, which is why I was so excited to be able to interview Dr. Jennifer Noble. Dr. Jenn, as she’s known online, is a licensed psychologist, parent coach and associate professor of psychology, who shares her expertise both in her private practice in Los Angeles and online. She focuses on identity and...
8.11: 3 Things I’ve Learned On My Anti-Racist Journey
September 06, 2023 07:19 - 44 minutes - 43.9 MBThis episode is a bit of a role reversal with someone I admire SO MUCH. I have been a longtime fan of Rachel Nielson’s podcast 3 in 30: Takeaways for Moms. Each episode is 30 minutes long and provides 3 ACTIONABLE takeaways for listeners to go and do. She has over 250 episodes covering a huge variety of topics — from potty training to mental health to tips for not looking at your phone as much — and I’ve been honored to be a guest on her podcast in the past to talk about anti-racism. And ...
8.10: Let's Talk Language: Under-Resourced
August 29, 2023 07:48 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBLanguage is always evolving and we need to evolve with it. Reflecting on the words we’re using and recognizing opportunities to grow and change is a natural (and necessary) part of our anti-racist journeys. It means breaking down and unlearning things that we thought in the past, but the result is language that better aligns with our intent. So this week we’re taking a look at the term “under-resourced” and discussing why we need to switch it out for something new. If you’ve been around ...
8.9: Teaching Children About Disabilities
July 25, 2023 07:15 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBJuly 26, 2023, is the 33rd anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act. If you’re doing the math in your head, let me give you a shortcut: That means the ADA wasn’t passed until 1990. 1990?! It took quite a while for Americans with disabilities to officially be named a protected class as neither the 1964 Civil Rights Act nor the 1965 Voting Rights Act included people with disabilities — and the United States still has a long way to go in making our public spaces, businesses and comm...
8.8: My Journey: Resisting White Supremacy Culture and Finding Joy
July 18, 2023 07:02 - 48 minutes - 45 MBY’all, I’m gettin’ REAL in this episode. We always talk about how anti-racism is a journey not a destination, and it’s so important to take time to reflect on that journey. So in today’s episode, I’m sharing part of my journey with you! You may have heard of the Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture developed by Tema Okun. She is a white woman who has been doing DEI work for more than 30 years, and she developed this list of 15 characteristics of white supremacy culture in the ea...
8.7: All Children Need "The Talk"
July 11, 2023 07:14 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBParents of Black children are all too familiar with “The Talk.” “The Talk” where they teach their kids not to have their hands in their pockets at a store. “The Talk” where they teach their kids how to act around police in an attempt to keep themselves safe. “The Talk” where they teach their kids about the racism they’re already experiencing and will continue to experience. But the truth is, “The Talk” isn’t something that only families with Black children should be having — it’s somethi...
8.6: The Untold Story of “The Star Spangled Banner”
July 03, 2023 07:11 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBYou probably learned in school all about the story of Francis Scott Key watching the “rockets red glare” and “bombs bursting in air” as a prisoner on a British warship and turning the experience into “The Star Spangled Banner.” But, in reality, there is a lot more to this story than you learned about in history class — and a lot of what you did learn in school was false. In this replay of one of our Untold Stories episodes, we unpack the man behind “The Star Spangled Banner,” how it beca...
8.5: The Story of the First Openly Gay MLB Player: Glenn Burke
June 27, 2023 07:45 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBHappy Pride my friends, especially to the LGBTQ+ members in our community! To celebrate Pride, I wanted to share an episode from my Bite-Sized Black History program that features a Black American who was LGBTQ+. So today, we’re learning about Glenn Burke, who was the first openly gay Major League Baseball player! Glenn Burke was an amazing athlete and always the life of the party. He wasn’t afraid to be his authentic self, even when people were discriminating against him. He is even cr...
8.4: Motherhood: An Unexpected Act of Resistance
June 20, 2023 07:49 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBThis episode is a special one to me, one dedicated to all of the Black and Brown moms out there. A lot of my Black and Brown friends who are stay-at-home moms in the thick of it with tiny kiddos have told me that they feel like they’re not doing enough to contribute to the anti-racism movement. For my friends and anyone else in this community who reads that and thinks “that’s me!” I have a message for you that I hope you hear loud and clear: Being a Black or Brown stay-at-home mother is ...
8.3: The Untold Story of the Story That I Told: Correcting Mistakes When Teaching Kids About Slavery
June 13, 2023 07:53 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBDid you read the title of this episode? It’s a doozy! As convoluted as “The Untold Story of the Story That I Told” is, I couldn’t resist calling this newest episode that because of the WILD ride I went on making it. Years ago I made an eBook called “Rise and Resist” where I highlighted five different Black people who were alive around the time of Juneteenth. I told their stories and really wanted people to use this eBook to be able to share stories of Black resistance with children and s...
8.2: What Is Coded Language?
June 06, 2023 08:23 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBI’ve been thinking a lot about coded language lately. If you’re unfamiliar with that term, coded language is when someone is talking negatively about a marginalized group without explicitly saying who they’re talking about — but the “code” is that other people in the dominant culture know exactly who they’re talking about. While coded language is seemingly neutral, it is actually very harmful. In this episode, I share the story from my own life that is the reason why coded language has b...
8.1: Bite-Sized Black History
January 26, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBBite-sized Black History Bite-sized Black History is a podcast just for kids that empowers you to teach the little ones you love about brilliant Black Americans who have been largely overlooked by our history books. We featured 28 different people, one for each day of Black History Month! Invest today and use the coupon code BLACKHISTORY15 for 15% off until February 22nd. Buy Bite-Sized Black History! We take purchase orders! If your a teacher or librarian interested in submitting a ...
Bite-Sized Black History
January 26, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBBite-sized Black History Bite-sized Black History is a podcast just for kids that empowers you to teach the little ones you love about brilliant Black Americans who have been largely overlooked by our history books. We featured 28 different people, one for each day of Black History Month! Invest today and use the coupon code BLACKHISTORY15 for 15% off until February 22nd. Buy Bite-Sized Black History! We take purchase orders! If your a teacher or librarian interested in submitting a ...
7.18: An Update on Our Cross Country Move
December 13, 2022 08:10 - 46 minutes - 43 MBIt’s been a few months since we moved across the country from Arizona to Maryland, and I’ve gotten questions from so many of you wondering how we like our new home. So this week for our Season 7 finale, my husband Carter and I are giving you all the details! We’re telling you all about our opinions on the East Coast, things we miss about Arizona, how we’ve made friends and what we like most about our new surroundings. Plus, I’m giving some exciting updates about some changes to the podc...
7.17: Jesus Had Brown Skin
December 06, 2022 08:23 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWhen we really take a moment to step back and think, it’s easy to agree that Jesus had brown skin because he was from the Middle East. If that’s the case, why is Christ so often depicted as white with light skin, hair, and eyes? In this episode we uncover the roots of white Jesus, explain the impact this depiction has made on us and our communities, and discuss why it’s important to use more accurate depictions of Christ in your home. First Name Basis Patreon Community Support First Na...
7.16: Your School Has a Diversity Statement. Now What?
November 29, 2022 08:39 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBWe all know that 2020 was a wake-up call for a lot of people. It was a time of reflection, a time of change (hopefully), and a time where schools all over seemed to prioritize inclusion by drafting diversity statements. But here we are in 2022, and I find myself asking: Have the diversity statements made a difference? It’s not enough for a school to just have a diversity statement up on its website — administrators, teachers, parents and students must be doing the work to make sure the v...
7.15: How to Center Indigenous Peoples During Thanksgiving
November 22, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBI made my “Untold Story of Thanksgiving” episode to help me — and hopefully you — understand the true, accurate history. As I think about the episode, I think it does a good job at correcting the history, but it still centers on the colonizers. Because of that, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can better make Indigenous Peoples the center of our conversations and learning around Thanksgiving, and I knew just the right person to turn to to help me. On this week’s episode, my dear fri...
7.14: Teaching Our Children About Unfamiliar Accents
November 15, 2022 17:10 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBHave y’all ever driven down the East Coast? I don’t mean to spoil the magic for you but I gotta say, it’s basically a straight shot through a wall of trees. So I was pretty excited when I noticed a few colorful billboards dotting my path. That excitement quickly turned to disgust when I realized that those billboards were super-duper racist. These billboards not only appropriated Mexican culture but also used broken English and made fun of Mexican accents. Yikes. In this episode we brea...
7.13: The Importance of Black and Asian Solidarity
November 08, 2022 08:41 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBTo say I’m obsessed with New York Times bestselling author Joanna Ho’s novel “The Silence That Binds Us” is an understatement. Yes, it’s a book technically written for young adults, but it’s also one adults need to read — because not only is it a beautiful story of grief, but it is also an impactful story about anti-racism. I had the privilege of interviewing Joanna recently and talking to her about “The Silence That Binds Us” and specifically the lessons it teaches about Black and Asi...
7.12: Real Quick: Black Voting Power
November 03, 2022 15:07 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBIf you’ve been around a while, you’ve heard me say it hundreds of times: Race is a social construct. Race was created and has always been manipulated to make sure that the people in the dominant culture — in the U.S., that means people who are white, middle class, Christian, male and cisgender — can maintain power. History is full of examples of this, but we don’t need to only look to the past to see it happening — it happens all the time, right now, in our own communities, and one curr...
7.11: Real Quick: Politicians Need Experience
November 01, 2022 15:13 - 13 minutes - 12 MBPoliticians need experience to do their job. This may fall under the “unpopular opinion” category to some people, but it’s something I feel strongly about and have been thinking about for a while. You wouldn’t want someone who played a surgeon on TV — but didn’t actually go to medical school — to perform surgery on you. So why would you want someone with no experience or training in politics to be your elected official, especially when we’re talking about a position with as much power ...
7.10: The Scariest Costume: An Untold Story of Appropriation
October 25, 2022 07:42 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBWhen the team here at First Name Basis was doing the research for our recent episode “Alcatraz: An Untold Story of Indigenous Resistance,” we came across the story of the Tammany Society — and we knew right away that story was too wild not to share! The Tammany Society — also known as the Tammany Hall or the Columbian Order — was organized in the late 1780s right alongside the founding of the United States. It was a group of white men who were influencing the politics in New York at the ti...
7.9: Children of Color in Schools: the Stories Behind the Statistics
October 18, 2022 07:26 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBOne of the biggest messages we’re trying to get across with First Name Basis is that learning a person’s story and getting to know them as an individual is the best way to create understanding and foster anti-racist, inclusive communities. Heck, it’s such an important concept that it’s our name! Getting on a first name basis with people has so much power, and it’s one of the things that made me want to watch the new documentary “Defining Us: Children at the Crossroads of Change.” Did you...
7.8: Culture is Not a Costume: Cultural Appropriation and Halloween
October 11, 2022 07:34 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBCan you believe that Halloween is just around the corner? I know some of you super-prepared parents out there are already getting costumes put together for your kiddos, and you may be wondering about cultural appropriation as you're looking through the shelves and online at all the costume options. I get asked all the time about how to avoid cultural appropriation with Halloween costumes, so this week, I’m bringing you TWO resources to help you as you navigate finding costumes for you an...
7.7: Alcatraz: An Untold Story of Indigenous Resistance
October 05, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBAlcatraz. What comes to your mind when you hear the name of that little island off the coast of San Francisco? For me, I heard "Alcatraz" and I pictured that guy who says, "Say hello to my little friend." I know, I know, wrong coast. I couldn't have been more off base. But all I really knew is that it used to be a high-security prison and I imagined Scarface going there. Well, did you know that Alcatraz was the site of an Indigenous protest so powerful that it was a catalyst for the Red...
7.6: Age Appropriate Anti-Racism
September 27, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 37.6 MBMy dear friends, we have been on this anti-racism journey together for 3 years, and it’s AMAZING to think about the growth we’ve gone through together. Over the course of more than 100 episodes, we’ve gone from talking about the basic building blocks to more in-depth conversations. And just like we as adults have worked to build up our own understanding of anti-racism, we need to do that for our kiddos too — and we need to do it in a way that is developmentally appropriate. These conver...
7.5: Oh No! I Talked About Racism and Made Things Worse
September 20, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBI’ve heard from so many parents who have been listening to the First Name Basis Podcast and other anti-racist educators, have tried to implement the suggestions they learn as they try to teach their children … only to feel like it’s all completely backfired. Perhaps you’ve been there, where you’ve talked to your kiddos about racism only to hear them express even MORE biases to you that they’ve picked up from their environment. While I get that it can be discouraging as a parent and it ma...
7.4: Where Did Student Loans Come From and Why Is College So Expensive?
September 15, 2022 07:03 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBThe fact that there is a need for student loan forgiveness really paints a picture of just how complicated education funding has become. So how did we get to this point, and why is the already huge cost of attending college continuing to increase? To answer this, I interviewed my dad, Ken Clarke, who spent more than 35 years working as a financial aid professional. When he retired, he was the dean of financial aid for all Maricopa County community colleges in Arizona, and he had helped ...
7.3: Real Talk: You Should Support Student Loan Forgiveness
September 13, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 53.4 MBIt’s been a few weeks since the White House announced a plan for student loan forgiveness, and in that time, you’ve likely seen all sorts of articles and social media posts pushing back against it. Watching these arguments unfold has been frustrating, and it can be hard to know what to say. To help all of us know how to respond, I interviewed my dad, Ken Clarke, who spent more than 35 years working as a financial aid professional. I mean it when I say my dad is the perfect person to w...
7.2: Ways to Make Immigration About People, Not Status
September 06, 2022 19:14 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBImmigration is about so much more than debates, laws and policies — it’s about people. Every person who has interacted with the immigration system has their own story that goes far beyond their status, and if we really want to make productive and lasting changes to policy, we need to start by focusing on the individual people and their unique experiences. Ana Wacker knows this from experience. Ana and I became friends when we were both living in New York City interning at Teach For Ame...
7.1: You Are Not Meant to Do This Alone: The Power of Anti-Racist Community
August 30, 2022 07:01 - 53 minutes - 60.9 MBAnti-racism is meant to be done in community. It makes sense, right? This work is SO important and we need to be sharing it with others in order for change to actually happen. But we also need support in it — especially during the times when it feel like that change is coming at a snail’s pace. In this episode, we’re talking more about why community is important and how we can go about creating a community in our anti-racist work. You’ll learn more about: Why anti-racist community shoul...
6.13: How Can I Help My Kiddos Grapple With Hard History?
August 17, 2022 07:09 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBYou know what would really help us all out? If we realized that historical figures are more than the heroes/villains that we often reduce them to. Although past presidents and leaders had important titles with huge amounts of power, it’s critical that all of us, including our children, understand that they were people. People who were complicated. People who did good things and bad things (sometimes very, very bad things that have been erased for a long time and need to be talked about). ...
6.12: How Can I Show Up on Social Media When I Don’t Have All of the Answers?
August 09, 2022 07:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBSocial media feels like a double-edged sword: It can be a great way to keep in touch with family and friends and learn new things, but it can also be a place where debates run heated, long and seem unproductive. So how do you navigate knowing when and how to speak up when you see people post things that are racist, discriminatory and untruthful? We’re answering that in this week’s episode, which is the second in our Summer School series! Summer School is a brand-new series where I’m sh...
6.11: Environmental Justice: What in the World are Carbon Credits?
July 19, 2022 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB“Carbon credit” is a trendy term you might have heard being used by businesses, government officials and the news media, but what exactly is it? We’re answering that in this week’s episode, which is the first in our Summer School series! Summer School is a brand-new series where I’m sharing quick tips and tidbits for you to be thinking about this summer when it comes to anti-racism. Some of the tips will be for grown-ups and some will be for kids, but all of them will leave you with more...
Environmental Justice: What in the World are Carbon Credits?
July 19, 2022 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB“Carbon credit” is a trendy term you might have heard being used by businesses, government officials and the news media, but what exactly is it? We’re answering that in this week’s episode, which is the first in our Summer School series! Summer School is a brand-new series where I’m sharing quick tips and tidbits for you to be thinking about this summer when it comes to anti-racism. Some of the tips will be for grown-ups and some will be for kids, but all of them will leave you with more...
Anti-Racist Education at Home and in the Classroom
July 12, 2022 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBWe want our children to embrace anti-racist education both at school and at home, but what does that actually look like? We’re talking about anti-racism in the classroom for the second week in a row because it’s such an important topic to be thinking about right NOW. It might be a little early to be in full-on “back-to-school mode,” but it’s not too early to be contacting school administrators and teachers to let them know you’re committed to helping create an anti-racist culture for your...
6.10: Anti-Racist Education at Home and in the Classroom
July 12, 2022 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBWe want our children to embrace anti-racist education both at school and at home, but what does that actually look like? We’re talking about anti-racism in the classroom for the second week in a row because it’s such an important topic to be thinking about right NOW. It might be a little early to be in full-on “back-to-school mode,” but it’s not too early to be contacting school administrators and teachers to let them know you’re committed to helping create an anti-racist culture for your...
Creating Change in the Classroom
July 05, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBClassrooms should be places of growth, discovery and change, and as parents and caregivers we need to support teachers in fostering a positive environment for students. And Patrick Harris II is a teacher who knows first-hand how important that is. Patrick is one of my teaching idols, and he recently released a book about being a teacher titled “The First Five: A Love Letter to Teachers,” where he talks about what it looks like to try to make change from within and the importance of creat...
6.9: Creating Change in the Classroom
July 05, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBClassrooms should be places of growth, discovery and change, and as parents and caregivers we need to support teachers in fostering a positive environment for students. And Patrick Harris II is a teacher who knows first-hand how important that is. Patrick is one of my teaching idols, and he recently released a book about being a teacher titled “The First Five: A Love Letter to Teachers,” where he talks about what it looks like to try to make change from within and the importance of creat...
6.8: The Untold Story of 'The Star Spangled Banner'
June 28, 2022 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBYou probably learned in school all about the story of Francis Scott Key watching the “rockets red glare” and “bombs bursting in air” as a prisoner on a British warship and turning the experience into “The Star Spangled Banner.” But, in reality, there is a lot more to this story than you learned about in history class — and a lot of what you did learn in school was false. In this replay of one of our Untold Stories episodes, we unpack the man behind “The Star Spangled Banner,” how it becam...
The Untold Story of 'The Star Spangled Banner'
June 28, 2022 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBYou probably learned in school all about the story of Francis Scott Key watching the “rockets red glare” and “bombs bursting in air” as a prisoner on a British warship and turning the experience into “The Star Spangled Banner.” But, in reality, there is a lot more to this story than you learned about in history class — and a lot of what you did learn in school was false. In this replay of one of our Untold Stories episodes, we unpack the man behind “The Star Spangled Banner,” how it becam...
We Are Moving Across the Country
June 22, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBWe’re packing our boxes and leaving the dry Arizona heat for the suburbs of Washington, D.C.! This move has been in the works for two years now, and I can’t believe it’s finally happening! Carter and I have put a lot of thought into this move and where we want to raise our kiddos, and in this episode we’re answering all of your questions about why we’re moving. Press play to hear our story! Juneteenth Jubilee Juneteenth was on June 19th, but there is still time to celebrate, and we hav...
6.7: We Are Moving Across the Country
June 22, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBWe’re packing our boxes and leaving the dry Arizona heat for the suburbs of Washington, D.C.! This move has been in the works for two years now, and I can’t believe it’s finally happening! Carter and I have put a lot of thought into this move and where we want to raise our kiddos, and in this episode we’re answering all of your questions about why we’re moving. Press play to hear our story! Juneteenth Jubilee Juneteenth was on June 19th, but there is still time to celebrate, and we hav...
6.6: 3 Things Children Need to Know About Slavery
June 16, 2022 20:19 - 45 minutes - 42 MBAs a Black bi-racial person, learning about slavery growing up was so hard for me for so many reasons — it was traumatizing and heartbreaking to think about the conditions my ancestors lived through, it felt like a burden to be the only Black person in my class and having everyone look to me, and there were so many things that just didn’t make sense to me about it, but asking those questions was the last thing I wanted to do. With Juneteenth coming up this weekend, I’ve been thinking a...