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Spirit of Challenge

“Now we have a voice, we can talk, and we can say it, loud and clear.” A four-part series about Capt. Hanadi Al-Hindi, Saudi Arabia’s first female pilot.

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Perspective

When you get to school, you the brother… and when you come home, you the white boy.

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Stepping Stones

If you’ve never been in that situation, it’s hard to understand what it’s like.

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Truly Unconditional Love

Sometimes he eats; you don’t eat. That’s just the way it is.

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We Beat Statistics

She loved us, but she didn’t love herself enough to take care of us the right way.

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We Beat Statistics

Parts One, Two, and Three

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The Village Raised Us

As adults, we’ve forgotten what we came from or where we came from.

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More of a Mentor-Slash-Counselor

If we don’t put the work in to help them pursue their vision, what’s going to happen next? That’ll be another person that we’ll lose to the streets.

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Made Us Feel Low

I’m not such a bad person; I just have some bad situations.

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Pulled Over Probably Twenty Times

They found out I wasn’t just, I guess, their perception of what a mixed kid from the south side of Chicago is.

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It Got to Be Too Much

I’ve been down, believe me… I lost my possessions twice in my life.

 

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Makes You Strong

Sometimes I have meltdowns; sometimes I say, “OK,” and go on.

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People Stare at You

Well, you’re here, too, so I guess you’re in the same boat I am.

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More Alike Than Different

We worry about the same things.

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Just What a Neighbor Does

Because you’ve developed a relationship, you’re willing to meet that neighbor’s needs.

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Very Deliberate Where I Lived

If all of us who received inspiration move, who’s going to inspire the next generation?

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Roof Over Your Head

You want to know you have a place where your kids can come.

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Really Hurtful

You’ll hear, ‘They just didn’t work hard enough.’

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Will for Welfare

Those who have had nothing know what it feels like… and they’re not scared of it.

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It’s Okay to Be Poor

It’s not a life choice; being poor is just a life circumstance.

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Active in the Black Student Organization

Something in me that I didn’t know I had.

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The Martin Luther King Center

I could not fathom my time here without it.

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This Kid Could Go Either Way

They put me in private school, which was a bit of a culture shock.

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The Community Has Changed

But I think the subtleties are still there.

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Breaking Down Those Barriers

Most people of color… don’t see the value in staying.

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I Am the Melting Pot

I don’t like being around one culture… How else are you going to learn?

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I Was Afraid I Was Gonna Chicken Out

It was a decision I made on my own and that’s what made it all the more valuable to me.

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Elephant in the Room

Our skin is different; let’s talk about it. Let’s not throw it under the rug.

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Words Have a Lot of Power

How I make meaning in this world goes back to where I grew up.

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Daunting for Someone Who Has Allergies

“How severe is your allergy?” And I’ll say, “Well, it’s deadly.”

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Real Dreamers

It’s especially important for students that have grown up here and don’t have another home.

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Almost Like an Outsider

I don’t think a lot of people understand how hard it is.

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Because I Changed My Style

I used to be a stereotypical girl.

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I’m the Only Person There

Do people really think about diversity?

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What Shall We Call You?

There is ignorance on both sides.

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The Race Card

Just be human.

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We Are a Unit

American parents say, “Be independent.” Mexican parents say, “You’re staying home.”

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Normal Is Just the Setting on Your Dryer

If you’re always serious about your condition, it’s not fun.

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Hijab Is Not Just This Cloth

I grew up in America and I wear jeans, and I want to make sure that’s something that works, that’s still modest.

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Neither Mexican Nor American

More importantly than bilingual in my mind is bicultural.

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I Thought We Were Really Good Friends

When I was needed was the only time I felt included.

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First Generation

I never knew I was illegal.

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Trying to Find Friends in Our Neighborhood

They had to sneak to the park to play with us.

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A Turbulent Time

Fear is a very poor motivator.

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Where Are You From?

We are not different. All of us, we are human.

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Bicultural in a Deaf Home

She didn’t want to force a difference.

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We Had to School Them

They didn’t understand the whole concept of why you had to travel all the way to Gary to get your hair cut.

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My Father Had to Take on Two Jobs

It made me feel bad to have to ask him for support.

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I Am International

My two other American roommates and myself would never consider ourselves very American. When people ask us, we would always say, “We are international.”

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You’ve Never Lived in Those Shoes

When you’re black, that’s one thing against you, but when you’re from Gary…

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Culture Shock

It’s not like faces, you know, you don’t have like faces around you.

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Classroom Challenges

I can’t bear the indifference of my classmates.

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They Look Down upon You

In the twinkling of an eye, the enthusiasm and expectation my friends had of America had gone far, far away.

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Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone

I just walked into a school filled with rich kids that don’t have to work for anything.

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Are You Serious?

If I didn’t say anything…

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How Her Statement Made Me Feel

Maybe it was cowardice to not confront her.

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Then I’m Not Living

Why do I have to be angry at them for what they believe?

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Part of the Change

It made me glad that the world was broader than my experience growing up.

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The Whole Lutheran Thing Was New

It was weird not being there before. You kind of feel like you’re invading, like you’re an outsider. But they welcomed us.

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You Haven’t Been through the Struggle

I don’t care much for ignorance.

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