It Turns Out That Colin Powell Was The Uncle That I Never Knew I Had

Maia Niguel Hoskin, Ph.D.
ZORA
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3 min readOct 19, 2021

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Unpopular opinion or not; I’m at a loss over Colin Powell’s passing. Don’t @ me.

Gen. Colin Powell leaves behind a tremendous legacy even if I didn’t initially agree with all his politics.

Yesterday’s news about the passing of Colin Powell oddly hit me like a ton of bricks. I say odd because he’s an unlikely person who – over the years – I have developed a profound respect for and even dare I say feelings of warmth toward. Typically, I revere folks like…

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Maia Niguel Hoskin, Ph.D.
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