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Luz Alonzo, Peabody, MA

Ariel, Spring, TX When a lot of people think about single moms, they think of broken homes, and that we are minorities. Even stats show...

Amanda, Virginia Beach, VA I was never one to think of myself as racist. Over the last several years I have watched the black community...

Kelsey, Bath, NY Being a single mom is tough on its own, but being a single, recovering addict, and a felon is tougher than you...

Deborah, Canisteo, NY Being from a super small town isn’t a bad thing unless you live in town !! If you get it you get...

Jennifer Berkemeier, Farmington Hills, MI. I’m a single mom. I adopted my daughter from Haiti in 2012 when she was 4 years old. I’m white,...

Matthew Powers, Riverside, CA. “Growing up Irish and being raised by a single mom in the 50’s and 60’s in Omaha I saw racial tension...

Marlo Torres, Riverside, CA. I am Puerto Rican and I have always grown up with the question of; You’re Hispanic, why don’t you speak Spanish?...

Shamica, Oklahoma City, OK. I never knew that becoming a mom would be different based on race. I was raised on military bases, everyone got...

Sarah Morris Downingtown, PA Who knew it was difficult to not be part of the “minority”? My situation would be much different if my race...