Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today!
We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.
Anyone who thinks “White Privilege” isn’t a thing needs to listen to her experience of getting pulled over as a person of color.
As a white woman, I’m disgusted that this is what you must deal with and this is the daily reality‼️
Poverty is expensive in a way that people don’t understand. If you can’t afford a dentist you have long term teeth damage. Not affording healthy food means poor health. Not affording ‘good schools’ means missed opportunities. It is a compounding cycle.
Black people have a very unique relationship with America that no other group can have. From slavery to Jim Crow, to laws written to keep us oppressed, to the harm that has been inflicted on us for centuries, you cannot compare our experience to anyone