Our Daily Walk
April 2nd, 2010
Written by Ann Tierney Prochnow in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
All children struggle through battles with the common cold, flu and fevers. As parents, we wipe their runny noses and take their temperature, offering them comfort as they heal, knowing that it’s just another part of growing up. However, when your child battles a chronic, life-threatening disease, such as asthma, diabetes or cancer, the stakes are much higher. In those cases, parents are then...
March 29th, 2010
Written by Reniqua Allen in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
Sitting in her grandmother’s living room in Teaneck, N.J., Nakebria Murray ponders the question of race in America. After realizing that she is not exactly sure what “race” means, the self-described “half-brown, half-tan” African-American 8-year-old says she knows the difference between white and black people sometimes means trouble in America.
“Sometimes people don’t like one another. White...
March 24th, 2010
Written by Jake Singleton in Our Daily Walk with 1 Comment
Its interesting how one image, one remark may create a prejudice or stereotype that can emerge when we least expect it. I had such an experience while walking my 130-pound American Bulldog.
I live in the City Market area of Kansas City. It’s an old part of the city, nestled against the Missouri river. Immigrants who sought out commerce on the river first populated the area, and it is much the...
February 25th, 2010
Written by Cassandra Franklin-Barbajosa in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
Contrary to popular opinion, the way mixed-race people look is not the primary influence that determines what part of their heritage they identify with, according to Seattle clinical psychologist and independent scholar Dr. Maria P. P. Root. She says a host of other factors comes into play.
“I consider the generation people were born into, the geographical region they came from, the community...
February 21st, 2010
Written by Cassandra Franklin-Barbajosa in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
When Jolanda Williams looks in a mirror, the image she sees is a warm peach complexion framed in dark silky hair, high cheekbones beneath almond eyes, and full lips that slip into an easy, radiant smile. She has a face that could belong almost anywhere in the world, Mexico, India, or Indonesia. Yet Williams, the daughter of a white German mother and a black American father, has spent the better...
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