Real Talk... (Written at the peak of racial tensions in 2016)

15 years ago we watched as the horrific attack on our country unfolded. In the days and weeks that followed we grieved, comforted, and ultimately did what Americans do... survived.

What strikes me most about today is how far we've fallen from the unbreakable unity we found in our grief and anger following this tragedy. For months following the attack there was no "Black" or "White" or rich or poor. No cops, gangsters, men or women. No gay or straight, no educated or illiterate. There was only American.

Let's be American again.