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Updated: 2/15/22 Featured Image Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/50140444606 For months now, I’ve thought about what justice for Breonna Taylor should look like.  Beyond the outrage of yet another INNOCENT black person being killed at the hands of police, what did justice, not revenge, look like (though innocent or not, the punishment should fit the crime – even if they found drugs at her place, it wouldn’t have justified her murder)? A few things stood out to me as obvious: The use of no-knock warrants in this case was poorly executed. I’m not a cop or an expert in this, but, it seemed excessive...

Note: We used the traditional terms of ‘slavery’ and ‘slaves’ in our infographic as it’s generally taught this way in schools and the target audience of this is kids so we wanted to use familiar terminology. However, our blog post reflects the more appropriate ‘enslavement’ and ‘enslaved people’ that separate a person’s identity from their circumstance. What is Juneteenth? Talking to your kids about Juneteenth may be hard to explain to your little ones, especially if they have never heard about enslavement before. We haven’t taught Bubba about enslavement yet, but we have taught him about racism and skin color,...