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Why Race Never Mattered to Me

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Why Race Never Mattered If you love God, you love people. If you love people, you love God. Its as simple as that!!!  Meet Tony Thomson Why Race Never Mattered To Me To make it plain: There are some people, who don't look like me, that have done more for me than people who do!!! Tony is one of those people.  I first met Tony, who at the time was the Director of Counseling and Health Services at Saginaw Valley State University while doing my internship. He was the first white man that demonstrated genuine care & concern toward me. A student-athlete at the time, he helped me discover other gifts and talents I had outside of sports. He taught me the Macro side of Social Work. Like everywhere I have ever been, I was the only black guy working in his office but I never felt like an outcast around Tony. Tony and Jennifer Ordway showed me and every other student in that office love on a consistent basis. They never treated me like an intern. They treated

Fatherhood: Two Fathers. One son.

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Two Fathers. One Son. Fatherhood The media will never tell you about such a story nor will producers of reality television depict such a thing. Most people think I'm lying when I tell them but the truth of the matter is we are two fathers raising one son. We get along. We have a great relationship. We are not petty young fathers…never have been and never will be. See, whats funny is, most people don't think this exist.  I am referring to Billy Collins Jr. A standup guy. A great father. A great person and a great man. He has been that way since I met him…at a house party at Michigan State. No…he was not in the party act'n a fool, he was chill, the way he always is. When two cool guys are in a space together, they usually say "what up" and genuinely acknowledge each other and keep it moving. That's what we did. I had no idea the same guy had a son. Nor did I know who the mother of his child was. Small world I know. Every two weeks we m