To Nury: I don’t know why you felt the need to disparage a defenseless little 8-year-old Black boy. You were in a position to truly help your people and mine. The allyship between Black and Brown Angelinos was growing. But once you indicated that only white kids are entitled to do what children do, a lot of doors were being slammed from View Park to East LA.

Author Archives: Miki Turner
Miki Turner is an Award-winning veteran journalist, who is now an associate professor a professional practice at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.