On Nov. 16, a networking event titled 'Come Meet a Black Person' will be held in Lawrenceville, Ga. (Amber Ferguson/The Washington Post)People in Lawrenceville, Ga., have been invited to come together Thursday for a two-hour networking event. Cheryle Moses, a black woman who founded Urban MediaMakers, a group for filmmakers and content creators, is sponsoring the “Come Meet a Black Person” event. Cheryle Moses is the founder of Urban MediaMakers and organizer of the event “Come Meet a Black Person.”Moses read a few months ago that most whites don’t have many nonwhite friends. “As a black person I deal with racism every day,” she said. “I have never met a black person,” one person commented below Moses’s Facebook announcement.

Source: Washington Post November 15, 2017 09:45 UTC