Welcome to Stories for Change, an offshoot of my podcast where I share stories that will hopefully help us become better allies. If you would like to use my platform to promote your

work or share your perspective, please send me an email at stories with

sapphire at gmail.com. When we think of historical movements in American history, people of

color are typically excluded from the narrative and as non-black allies we need to be aware of how to make our

ally ship more inclusive. In this episode me and my guest Mindy Scott will be going

over these movements. We are not experts on the topic and

simply want to share what we've learned and so we welcome any feedback or

corrections. Hi everyone my name is Mindy Scott. I am a blogger on Instagram over at Mindy City and I

consider myself a anti-racist body positive trans inclusive intersectional feminist.

Basically, I've just really seen a need

in my own personal life to be more educated.

I grew up in a predominantly white community. I played on a

travel basketball team where I was the only white girl and seeing that there was

such a difference between where I grew up and my friends that lived,

you know, 20, 30 minutes away from me in another city.

It really opened my eyes at a young age and really just made me

question things so I am by no means an expert in the history of this sort of

movement but I am an individual who's trying to be more educated

and help to make the world a better place. July 4th is right around the corner

what we celebrate as America's Independence Day. But today, June 19th,

celebrates the day when every American was freed.

As a country, you know, so many people celebrate the 4th of July. I know even where I work, we get a day off, celebrated with fireworks, and this is known as our Independence Day.

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