As a Black man, I realize that I had a great mom. After having taught many mothers in adult literacy and helping them pass the GED test, it is clear to me that what made my mom great was the fact that she was a warrior and that she trained herself to become a warrior. My mom was raised in Washington, D.C.. She was dark-skinned. Back in the day -- 1930s and 1940s -- in the Black community there was something known as a “paper bag test". This means that if you were darker than a paper bag, be prepared to face some degree of discrimination from your own people as well as the white establishment...