![]() ![]() ![]() Growing up in the 1980s and ’90s in the Santa Clarita Valley, which was then a predominantly white community, my brother and I would sometimes constitute half the Black population of an entire school - an experience shared by millions of Black children. To bolster the conservative position, Condoleezza Rice, in an appearance on " The View," said, “I would like Black kids to be completely empowered to know they are beautiful in their Blackness, but in order to do that I don’t have to make white kids feel bad for being white.” When I heard her say that, I wanted to say, let me show you how millions of Black children have processed that pain and grown into their empowerment despite history. There, the question has become whether reading Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” would cause students discomfort in its realistic portrayal of slavery. As a mother - no, as a person concerned for the future of our nation - children’s troubles have my full attention, including conversations around literary merit in the days leading up to this week’s election of a new governor in Virginia. ![]() Specifically, addressing what makes someone, including kids, feel bad. “Talking about feelings” is the new look for conservative campaigns throughout our nation. ![]() Natashia Deón, photographed at the Iron Horse Trail in Santa Clarita, argues that Americans need to acknowledge pain. ![]()
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