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22 June 2019/ Baha'i Community

Racism and constructive resilience

Racism and constructive resilience
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Billy Roberts

Billy Roberts

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Creating the Black Men’s Gathering
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Creating the Black Men’s Gathering

I didn’t see enough African-American men active in the Baha’i community and I began to ask why.

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    Billy Roberts
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Support on one side, dismissal on the other
Racism in America

Support on one side, dismissal on the other

My teachers put me into a box – I had an aptitude for language but they said I couldn’t take Latin and that I wasn’t college material.

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    Billy Roberts
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