In a city like New York that is home to those in the top 1%, those in the poorest income bracket, and everyone in between, you're bound to get some characters. Moving to Harlem, I looked forward to them. But, by definition, I do not believe that you can have character and be a catcaller--the two are mutually exclusive...
I remember learning much more about the Holocaust than I had ever learned about slavery. Throughout my academic matriculation, I found that The Holocaust was written into every social studies/history book I had ever used.
And, often times those same texts attempted to tidy slavery up into a few brief sentences...
I am a really opinionated woman, but I am also getting my master's degree in journalism. My job is to report unbiased facts from different sources. I'm supposed to tell stories, but from many perspectives, giving no weight to one in particular. And, I'm supposed to back those stories up with data and statistics that speak to a larger narrative. The stories I report on are not about me, I am literally the messenger, so, don't shoot me, especially because I have a lot of opinions.
