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12 July 2019/ Baha'i Community

Finding hope in a hopeless time

Finding hope in a hopeless time
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Karen Streets Anderson

Karen Streets Anderson

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What people think black people do
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.

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    Karen Streets Anderson
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Committed to the truth
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.

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    Karen Streets Anderson
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Finding hope in a hopeless time
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