George Floyd’s Murder is Making Me See My Family’s Incongruous History as White America’s Dilemma in Microcosm

As part of writing my memoir I'm researching my maternal ancestry on Ancestry.com. My mother died when I was only two years old, and for reasons I am exploring, her story (and hence part of my identity) was buried along with her. Raised in a 1950s New Jersey stepfamily, but truly nurtured by my elderly… Continue reading George Floyd’s Murder is Making Me See My Family’s Incongruous History as White America’s Dilemma in Microcosm