How marginalized voices can break the single story | Sherri Sutton

Have you ever made a wish that you were just too afraid to say out loud. Picture this. Eight years old, superhero birthday cake, blue icing, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman.And given the fact that my mama six months ago had baked a birthday cake for Jesus, I knew I was going to have to tread lightly. Everyone I knew and loved was there. mama, pops, brother, grandparents, cousins, enough eight-year-olds with water pistols to start a small militia.And my mom lit those eight candles. The singing started and I shut ...