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Professor Lorenzo Lima analyzes the spectacular life story of Sonia Sotomayor and how she became a model for Latinos

This Collection of Three Stories Encourages Kids to Start Reading Early.

Themselves, and windows to see experiences that they might not have otherwise seen in the world. so, for me, that title is very intentional, being both a mirror for the brown girls, that's been interesting, you know, southeast asian girls, indian girls, biracial girls, latinx girls, all these people who see mirrors of themselves. for young people and all people who want to understand what that experience of being brown is like. also, what's that window brings, empathy, the more people that learn about other folks, the more they learn about empathy. how we all have a right to walk through this ...

Rosemary Brown Photo Credit: royalbcmuseum.bc.ca Rosemary Brown was the first Black woman to serve in a provincial legislature in Canada, and the first Black female candidate for the leadership of a federal political party in Canada.  Brown was born Rosemary Wedderburn in Jamaica on June 17, 1930. She grew up with her mother and grandmother as her father died when she was very young.  In her autobiography, Being Brown: A Very Public Life, she described her upbringing as safe and supportive, in a house ruled by women. “It was [a] large place that was filled with the noise of women and chi...

Credit? remember, you're a minority. you guys got a lot more experience than me but i got three decades of being brown. if you want to survive the age of trump, you have to think like a minority. now that you're a minority, oh, man, everyone is going to expect you to be the mouthpiece for the entire group. so i hate to say it, but somewhere right now, all of you are being represented by geraldo rivera. see, now that you are truly a minority there's a distorted version of you out there. you know, taco bell for mexican culture, panda express for chinese culture, huffington post for journalism. a...