Bahai Community A choice for the ages My grandparents could have passed for white – but they were proud of being African-Americans and were active in Civil Rights.
Racial Identity Committed to the truth My fourth-grade teacher referred to First Nations people as “savages” – my mother then told him to get his facts straight.
Bahai Community Finding hope in a hopeless time Growing up in a Baha’i family in the 1960s gave me hope – otherwise I wouldn’t believe there could be justice for people of color.
Racial Unity What people think black people do I was an intellectual – my school didn't know how to handle somebody who wasn’t stereotypically black.
Racial Discrimination Trading in white privilege The border official couldn’t believe my white fiancee and I were getting married. We had to show him the wedding dress.
Racism in America Moving to the South Living in Tallahassee was one of my most difficult experiences – I had never experienced racism in that way.
Bahai Community Living the integrated life The Baha’i community in Nashville was a third black, a third white and a third Iranian. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven.
Bahai Community How Baha’i institutions can address race A high number of African-Americans get elected to our Local Spiritual Assembly – and the majority of voters are Iranians.
Bahai Community Building Being the change We saw that more of our African-American brothers and sisters engaged as we educated ourselves about race in America.
Racial Identity Mothers of black sons You have to be a warrior to raise black children in America today.
