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When Words Fail, Listen to Others

Words normally come easy on this blog. Today I should be writing a simple post about a new Executive Order that will make it easier for people to file for unemployment claims if they believe their workplace is unsafe. But I can’t.  Not right now. There’s too much pain in the United States today.  And any words that I can offer beyond  “I hear you. I’m here for you. And I will fight hard for you.” seem trivial and forced. I have lived my life with a different experience. Yes, it’s been in the face of anti-semitism (ever have pennies thrown at you in middle school and swastikas passed to you as notes?) but it’s not the same as the experiences of being black in America. For that experience, I have tried to listen to others. Back in 2014, my favorite law professor (I can say that now that I’m years beyond law school) and the one who I worked for after my first year, Kimberly Jade Norwood, wrote a guest column that I was able to ...