For 15 years, Roseau was home to Kate Lundquist, a former Roseau High School English teacher and mother of six, two of whom are adoptees from Haiti.

Just like that, they became a multi-racial family, which is not totally rare in Roseau County.

Still, it gave Kate and her husband, Jacob, a deeper understanding of being a person of color.They couldn't avoid that perspective after George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis cop, on May 25, 2020.

His death changed Kate's life.

And her family's.

Last week on Minnesota Public Radio, her voice came back to life as she commented...