Aunt Jemima was a mythical figure of my childhood imbued with some of the best traits of humanity (Troy Media)
I still call it Aunt Jemima ... b y Louise McEwan In 2010, journalist Michele Norris began leaving postcards everywhere she went. She asked people to write six words that expressed their thoughts on race and mail the card back to her. She has received over 500,000 responses. In a recent Washington Post opinion piece, Norris talks about the Race Card Project, its impact, and its potential role in advancing the moral trajectory of American society. With this as background, I offer my six words on race. I thought for a long time before coming up with my six words. Nothing seemed quite right, until breakfast one morning while eating pancakes. My husband and I were discussing the merits of the crepe pan to cook the pancakes. The batter doesn’t stick to the crepe pan. Unfortunately, the pan is smallish, so the pancakes are smaller. I suggested to my husband, who makes the pancakes (ironically, superb cook that I am, I cannot make pancakes from a mix), that he could make the p...