Even in the midst of chaos, I see glimmers of hope
From my apartment in Houston, I saw all hell breaking out on the streets of my hometown. I felt helpless, but not hopeless.
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The country is on fire. Racism is the fuel. My hometown, Louisville, KY is one of the hotspots. I'm trying to make sense of it all, as I sit in my apartment here in Houston. I am a second year graduate student at the University of Houston. I graduated from the University of Kentucky in Lexington last year.
Racism hits different in Lexington, Kentucky.…