Believing I had raised my daughter in the hub of progressive thinking, I was surprised when she told me recently, “I hope you won’t be offended mom, but I don’t want to live in white Northampton.” Reflecting on her comment, I realized that although I had longed to raise Rachel in a more diverse community, I acquiesced, telling myself that the opportunities for activism in Northampton outweighed its shortcomings with respect to racial diversity. I secretly hoped that when my daughter finished graduate school, she would settle in the Northampton area, where she grew up.
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