

How Do You Communicate across Racial Barriers?
Photo: Mother Emanuel Church, Charleston, SC In our great city, we are almost one year from the racially motivated killing of nine people in the Mother Emanuel AME Church. The outpouring of love and unity that inspired the world last June has faded some over time, but the deep conversations on race can now take place. Frankly, most in the white community would prefer to put the past behind us and move on. I have not experienced the pain of racism like so many of my black neig