ACHIEVING THE
AMERICAN DREAM Terrance Pace with the couple’s daughters.
REAL ESTATE STRATEGIST LORI PACE IMMIGRATED WITH HER PARENTS FROM JAMAICA TO THE U.S., AND WAS RAISED IN AFFLUENT WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS by Lori Pace Following British Commonwealth practices, she was taught not to rock the boat, a mainstay of her reserved, sophisticated mother and father. On the day of George Floyd’s death, however, her eyes were opened to the cost of fitting in.
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n the day I decided to escape my reality and unplug for a few hours to exhale, find calm and breathe in the mountains, a black man stopped breathing.
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The next day, my husband woke up taking a deep breath as he watched and re-watched the video of yet another black man being murdered. This time by a knee, as other men watched like it was a reality show for entertainment. My husband, Terrence, was TRIGGERED! As his wife and the mother of his children, there was nothing I could do to nurture that wound and make him feel better or safe. In fact, I had to try to understand that kind of anger he could not put into peaceful words. Trying to CALM him down was like putting water on a grease fire.
