I Wasn’t Ready to Turn 40
Getting older often feels like a rude awakening. But for this writer, who was about to surpass her late mother’s age, the number 39 took on a whole other meaning.
Ebony S. Murphy
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Ebony S. Murphy joined the English faculty of Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn in 2022. In the past few years, Ebony, a University of Connecticut alumna, has trained with Emerge California, Los Angeles African American Women's Public Policy Institute and ADL LA’s Michael LaPrade Holocaust Education Institute. Ebony was selected for Facing History's California Civic Fellows Program. For more information visit https://linktr.ee/ebonysmurphy
The Importance of Black-Asian Solidarity
Black-Asian solidarity is essential to dismantling white supremacy—but the road to achieving true unity has been complex and muddled by white-created tropes that help maintain the status quo.