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When a Black Woman Asked Me a Hard Question
Motivation for a life of advocacy.
The year was 1991. I was a senior at Ohio State University in Columbus. Yeah, I know, that officially makes me old.
I had been active in various campus activities and organizations for the better part of my college career, but there was still one thing I wanted to achieve before I graduated.
To be on Ohio State’s Homecoming Court.
I know. Sounds cheesy, but as most American sports fans know, people who go to big schools like Ohio State love their college football. I mean really love, like in an unhealthy and over the top kind of way.
Even today when people ask about my religion, I tell them, “half Jewish, half Buckeye.”
To be honest, I’m not sure which one even comes first.
I have a custom-made toilet in my basement that has Ohio State on the outside and Michigan in the bowl.
Every year, Ohio State chooses five men and five women to be on the Homecoming Court, and from there a king and queen are chosen.
