There were a few African-American friends at my elementary school, but we never shared classrooms. In second grade, I was selected to participate in the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program. I was transferred to a third grade classroom and separated from my friends in second grade. My peers felt I was too good to play soccer or tag with them; they assumed I preferred to be with the "smart white kids". This trend continued. Every year, I was the single...

I wrote about the ethical dilemma of showing footage of national tragedies in spite of the trauma it continues to cause for survivors.