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Mike Kim / Getty Mom, I understand the protests, Marcus said one morning over breakfast at the kitchen table of our home, in the suburbs of Seattle. A little more than two weeks had passed since George Floyd’s murder and the start of the nationwide uprising it inspired. “But I don’t understand the broken windows or the buildings set on fire. It’s not right to burn down a building you don’t own.” Over the years, I’ve fielded countless questions about systemic racism from Marcus and his older brother, Malcolm. As they’ve grown, my answers have evolved. How I explained everything when they were ten was different from how I explained it when they were six. Still, I’ve struggled with how to prepare my sons for the racist world into which they were born while also making room for their dreams. There’s no easy way to sugarcoat the explanation to a child of why they cannot play with toy guns outside, a required conversation in our home after Tamir Rice was k ....
Mike Kim / Getty Around the time the American president’s street goons sacked the Capitol to stop Congress from confirming he would soon leave power, the Roman republic crashed into mind. The parallels were there before January 6, 2021, and even before the president’s fans were urging him to “cross the Rubicon,” as Julius Caesar did 2,000 years ago. It’s not that Donald Trump is much like JC. The guy struggles to conquer the back nine with a legion of mulligans at his command. But it’s hard to deny now that Donald Trump’s tenure was the start of something that this cunning and vicious clown opened the door to a place deep and dark, and that others might soon walk through it. He is one of history’s great vandals, but not the first of his kind. ....
Mike Kim / Getty Every Sunday at 3:00 pm I listen for the phone to ring. When I answer I hear the voice of an automated, nameless woman: “This is a free call from an inmate at New York City Department of Correction.” There’s an awkwardly cheery beep and then, “Hey Niecey, what you been up to?” The voice sounds erratic, whimsical, and desperate. Uncle P is the youngest of my maternal grandmother’s nine children and has battled drug addiction since he was a teen. The crack epidemic of the 1980s swept him up, consumed him, and left him with PTSD in the South Bronx community he calls home. He’s now in his late 50s and continues to battle addiction while managing a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. ....