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Opinion: To be truly woke we need spiritual awakening

Attendees of a “United We Stand: Unity in the Community” event hold hands as they say a prayer before releasing balloons on Athens Street in Gainesville. Balloons were released in memory of family and friends killed in Gainesville and Hall County. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0828BLEDSONsidebar 0002 — Attendees of a “United We Stand: Unity in the Community” event hold hands as they say a prayer before releasing balloons on Athens Street in Gainesville. Balloons were released in memory of family and friends killed in Gainesville and Hall County. - photo by Erin O. Smith

When I was in the first grade, I noticed some of the other kids had a different color of skin than I did. That was the only difference that I ever noticed.