Addressing Racism’s Toll: My Minneapolis Experience
Michele Goodwin
Minneapolis is a challenging city on race—largely because it is a tale of two different realities.
One that is picturesque, peaceful, artistic, environmentally mindful—and hip. Those things are true too for people of color. However, it is also a place of fear, hostility, passive-aggression and lack of mindfulness regarding race.
And, because the realities are so different, having meaningful conversations about the divide do not progress in meaningful ways—or really exist...